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6 Dreams with perfect vision Oommen Chandy

12 SmartCity: A Vision for future P.K. Kunhalikutty 16 Finance gets human face K M Mani

20 Enhancing Agriculture K P Mohanan 22 Working places safe Wages better Shibu Baby John

24 Ensured food sufficient Anoop Jacob 26 Enhancing Power Generation Aryadan Mohammed

28 Future better planned K C Joseph 32 A plus P K Abdu Rabb

36 Strengthened force Secured people Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan

38 Zero Landless Adoor Prakash 40 Preserving Water resources P J Joseph

42 Kerala Tourism: Prime Destination A P Anilkumar 44 Now, socially responsible K Babu

46 Everything for People C N Balakrishnan 48 Roads toward World class V K Ebrahim Kunju

50 Packages for under privileged P K Jayalekshmi 52 Panchayats Strengthened Dr. M K Muneer

54 Urbans become more urban Manjalamkuzhi Ali 56 Health Care with a vision V S Sivakumar

58 Strategy for a sustained growth 62 Karunya: Benevolence Incredible R Venugopal

64 Mass Transport System for Trivandrum B G Sreedevi 68 Steps Fruitful Kiran Ram

4 Newscan 34 Photo Feature



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Keeping pace with time…The UDF Government is completing its two fruitful years. As we all

know, two years is short span for evaluating the performance of a

government. Even then, the achievements of the state government led

by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the past two years are a clear

indication towards progress. Quick action, pro-poor measures,

transparency in administration, corruption free bureaucracy,

simplified administrative procedures etc. are expected by common

man from a democratic government. If the past two years of the state

government's activities are judged based on these parameters, no

doubt we can say that the UDF Government is of the people and for

the people.

A Government order can be seen as the face of a government.

The attitude of the government to its people is always reflected in the

orders. The administrative procedures should be simplified so that

common man can enjoy their benefits easily. The Government Orders

issued in the past two years are self explanatory for its pro-people

attitude.

On the Developmental side, the steps taken on various projects

will surely change the status of our state in the economic front. All

hurdles have been cleared to initiate Smart City Project. Kochi Metro

has become a reality; Technopark is all set to become the biggest IT

park in our country; the novel scheme, Start - Up village, to promote a

new entrepreneurial culture has been widely accredited.

Transforming the youth into job providers rather than job seekers is a

vision with far sight.

Both Welfare measures and developmental activities should go

hand in hand as far as a perfect Government is concerned. The State

Government, no doubt, is keeping pace in this direction. Kerala is yet

again going to become a pioneer not only in the developmental front

but also in the social sector. The soothing touch to the needy is not a

new phenomenon from this government. One can judge the quality of

care in the case of Endosulphan package and the cochlear

implantation scheme. The State Government is entering into the third

year of its tenure with stability and clear vision to implement more

people-friendly schemes and to achieve higher developmental goals.

No doubt, Kerala is keeping pace with time.

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NEWSCAN

Kerala to be hunger-free soonKerala will soon turn into a hunger-free state, said Chief MinisterOommen Chandy. He was speakingat the inaugural function of the‘Hunger-free City’ project at theMedical College Hospital

Thiruvananthapuram. Aiming at thepoor and needy sections of society,the project is a joint initiative of the

Social Security Mission along withthe J ail authorities and HealthDepartment.

Under the project, about 100 inmatesof Central prison will prepare mealsfor more than 2000 people at thenewly- equipped kitchen on a dailybasis. The meal packets titled‘Samthripthi’ will be distributed by the

jail authorities.

As of now, the authorities havedecided to distribute meal packets to

the patients of Medical CollegeHospital, Super-speciality block andSAT Hospital, free of cost. At present,

the project functions at Kozhikode,Kollam and Malappuram districts.

The mission is planning to extendthe scheme to old age homes andother institutions with the help of NSS and SPCA,’’ said M K Muneer,Minister for Social Welfare andPanchayat. As a part of this, a surveywill be conducted to assess the

number of poor people coming to thecity. It will also aim to count thenumber of poor people within thecity,’’ said the Minister.

The Cultural Department took over theproperty of the late writer-cum-oratorSukumar Azhikode at Eravimangalamin Thrissur to convert it into a memorial.

Encouragingfarmers“Kerala is the only state encouragingfarmers of other states. We should also

promote all what we produce”, saidMinister for Agriculture K P Mohanan whileinaugurating the National Honey andMango Festival 2013. The Festival wasorganised by the department of Agriculture in association with the StateHorticulture Mission and Horticorp at theKanakakkunnu Palace grounds.

The exhibition included local and SouthIndian varieties of mangoes. Thepanchavarnnam, sindhoora,kotturkkonam, banganapally, dhaseri,alphonso, neelam, kilichundan, kalpadi,amarapali, sendhura, malgova, totapuri,mallika, sakkara gutty and rose marywere some of the varieties.

Government takes overSukumar Azhikode’s house

Cultural Affairs Minister K C J osephtook over the documents of the housefor the state government from the heirs

of Azhikode. As per theagreement thehousewith a plinth area of 1320.67sqft in 20.43cents land, more than10,000 books, 2,000awards and othermemorabilia like pen,chair and a bed comesto the possession of tghe State government.

The house situates onthe banks of a river atEravimangalam. Thelate writer’s house andmemorabilia will comeunder the direct

supervision of theKerala SahityaAcademy.



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NRI surveybegins

The Minister for RuralDevelopment, Planning, NORKAand Culture K C J osephinaugurated the survey of the Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) bycollecting the details of oneSainudeen, Shahina Nilayam,

Kaniyapuram, Thiruvananthapuram. The sixtheconomic survey as part of thecensus at the national level startedin the district was alsoinaugurated by him. The Ministersaid that the census was beingprepared to collect the economicdetails of the public. Palode RaviMLA, Information and PublicRelations Department director AFiroz also participated in thefunction.

The enumerators of the economicsurvey will also fill thequestionnaire of the Pravasisurvey. The Pravasi survey isconducted in 12 sectionsdepending on the employment of those who work in other countries.

The survey will continue till June12. The conduct of economicsurvey in the state is helpful tohighlight the characteristic of thesmall and micro-enterprises in thestate and to pinpoint the role of service sector in the changed

economic scenario. It is alsohelpful in underlining the role of agriculture sector in setting upenterprises in the country.

Employmentexchanges to bemadeemployability

centres The employment exchanges in thestate would be converted intoEmployability Centres with theintroduction of the Additional SkillEnhancement Programme (ASEP),said Minister for Labour andRehabilitation Shibu Baby J ohn. Theproject is aimed at convertingEmployment Exchanges intoemployment generation centres.

These employability centres are beingestablished to change the face of theemployment exchanges, which areinstitutions for registering the namesof the unemployed youth, to skilldevelopment centres.

“This dream project is beingimplemented with the support of Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence,functioning under the LabourDepartment. The possible jobopportunities in private sectors will beexplored and the youth will be trainedfor it through the employability centres.

These centres are being started aspart of the modernisation programme

according to the changes in thesociety,” said the Minister.

The youth will be equipped to getemployment from these centres.

Those registering at the employmentexchanges will have to undergopsychometric test to find out theirabilities and restrictions. They would

Malayalam study centres will beset up in major cities outside thestate, to help Keralites learn thelanguage, said K C J oseph,Minister for Rural Development,Planning & Culture. Thegovernment is also exploring thepossibilities of converting theKunchan memorial centre inKillikurishimangalam into aresearch centre under the

Malayalam University.Consultations will be held with theuniversity authorities and a finaldecision will be taken by the next

anniversary. The minister wasinaugurating the Kunchan dayceleberations at the KalakkathBhavan.

Malayalam has been recognizedas the first language by the StateGovernment and also madecompulsory. The sub committee of the Kendra Sahithya Academy hasaccepted the recommendation of the Government to declare

Malayalam as classical language.Now the issue is under theconsideration of the CentralGovernment, the Minister said.

Malayalam study centres

to be set up

be given expert training andequipped for employment.

Training will also be given incommunication skills andlanguage. Employmentexchanges will conduct job fairsto open up employmentopportunities in public andprivate sectors for the youth. In a

phased manner, employabilitycentres will be started in all the14 employment exchanges inthe state. In the first phase,Ernakulam, Kollam andKozhikode employmentexchanges had been convertedinto employability centres.



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One Year Programme

During the first year we had

announced 664 programmes, of

which 374 have been completed

and 235 are ongoing. The

performance yardstick shows

91.71 percent success. Out of the

27 initiatives planned in

corruption-free and transparentadministration stream, 17 have

been fully implemented and nine

are progressing. Right to Services

Bill and IDEAS were

implemented in all departments

of the Secretariat to track the

movement of files. Of the 33

projects which were announced

with regard to environmental

protection and effective garbage

disposal, 12 have been

implemented and 15 are nearing

completion.

A total of 110 projects were

announced at the Emerging

Kerala summit of which 72

projects are already underway.

There is a time schedule that we

have worked out and it is going

as planned. Eighty Seven of the

193 projects announced under

the basic infrastructure

improvement programme have

been completed. The state has

made major strides in the IT

sector with Technopark and

Infopark witnessing major

developments. Out of the 35

proj ec ts incl uded in the IT

stream, 26 have been completed

and only eight projects remain.

Kochi Metro

Kochi Metro will be a

reliable, efficient, customer as

well as eco-friendly means of

rapid transit system for the city

of Kochi. It is a joint venture of

State and Union governments

worth Rs 5146 crore. The

foundation stone was laid by

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan

Singh on 13th September 2012.

In the wake of the

second Anniversary of the UDF government,Chief Minister Oommen Chandyspoke to Kerala Callingon a wide range of developmentalactivites in Kerala:Excerpts


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Kochi Metro Rail Limited was

executing the work under the

supervision of Delhi Metro Rail

Corporation. The work of the

Metro will begin on 7th June and

the project will be completed

within three years.

Kochi Metro is a dream with

a perfect vision: the vision to

enhance the quality of life. It is a

comprehensive development

pl an co nc eive d af te r

incorporating all possible mass

transport options. According to

the present plan, it not only

connects the existing mass

transport systems like KSRTC and

railways, but also has left

provision for futuristic ventures

as in the Vytilla Mobility Hub.

E-District Project

Kerala becomes the first

state in the country to have all

the districts linked into the

network of e-districts. With the

7

state-wide roll-out of the e-district

programme, the government aims in

bringing transparency and efficiency

in the delivery of government

services. This made Kerala to be the

first Indian state. The project is the

Dreams withperfect vision




culmination of the

computerization done in

government departments. The

project was aimed at providing

transparent, speedy and

unbiased service to our citizens.

All the 14 districts of our

State is now covered under e-

district project since 31st March2013. People can approach

publ ic se rvice centres in the

State like Akshaya and FRIENDS

and obtain 23 certificates issued

by the Revenue Department.

Between 3rd May 2010 and 3rd

May 2013, a total of 16,92,474

certificates were issued as part

of the project.

‘Land for the landless’

This is the first, foremost and

even now the only initiative of

this kind in the entire country. It

is the only system in India

wherein the entire government

land transaction is subjected to

public scrutiny. In this project

each and every bit of government land is being

assigned with a 12 digit unique

code for the easy retrieval of the

data by the users. It is the only

project in the world where the

entire financial deals are put on

the website for the public

scrutiny on day today basis

towards social audit of the

multiplex.

Once Phase III is fully

operational, Technopark will

have a total of 7.1 million square

feet of built-up area (Phase I,

Phase II, Phase III plus the Kollam

Technopark) making it the

biggest IT Park in the country.

Emerging Kerala 2012

By conducting Emerging

Kerala we meant to showcase

the potential of Kerala to global

investors and to transform it into

a premier hub of economic

activity. We have already

received investment proposals

to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore in

45 major projects. Following the

event, five seminars were

conducted by the Industries

department. Three agencies

assigned to monitor and report

po st -e ve nt prog re ss vi z.

Investment Promotion Council,

Investment Clearance Board

and Investment Promotion

Board. The first project in

Emerging Kerala, the Sea Plane

Service would start on this year.

KarunyaBenevolent Fund

The government can give ahelping hand to those poor

people who are suffering from

serious ailments like Cancer,

Hemophilia, Kidney, Heart

diseases, Mental illnesses,

Thalassemia, and Sickle-cell

anemia and for Palliative Care.

The fund is raised through the

sale of the Kerala Government

lottery - Karunya. So far financial

assistance of Rs. 110 crores

disbursed to 10,307 patients

through various hospitals.

Student-Police Cadet

The Student Police Cadet

Project jointly implemented by

departments of Home and

Education and supported by

Transport, Forest, Excise and

Local Self-Government

departments provides an

opportunity for high school

students to become future

leaders of a democratic society.

It inculcates in them respect for law, discipline, civic sense,

empathy for vulnerable sections

in the society and resistance to

social evils. The project now

covers 234 high schools across

Kerala with a combined strength

of 16,000 cadets.

Endosulfan Package

Endosulfan is now banned

in Kerala and the government

came up with a comprehensive

package in April 2013 for the

victims of this deadly pesticide.

As per the package, 9 new orders

were released for ensuring

assistance and withdrawn earlier

order to ensure financial

assistance even after five years.

Rs 5 lakhs for bed-ridden; Rs 5

lakhs to the families of the

deceased, Rs 5 lakhs to the

mentally challenged, Rs 3 lakhs

for cancer patients and Rs. 3

lakhs to other patients. Hospitalstreating Endosulfan victims

increased from 12 to 16.

Treatment expenses are fully

met by the government.

Moreover moratorium has been

declared on the debts of

Endosulfan victims.

Adamant Stand on theItalian Marines issue

The incident that caught

worldwide attention saw the

Italian government exerting pressure on Government of India

to hold trial of the case, where

fishermen were shot dead, in

Italy. Further, the Italian

Government breached the

undertaking given to the

Supreme Court of India when it

decided not to send the two

marines back to India for facing

the trial. But the persistent stand

taken by the Kerala government

eventually prevailed and theItalian government had no

choice but to send the marines

back to India on 21st March 2013

to face trial under the Indian law.

Smart City:What next?

All the hurdles for the

launch of Smart City project is

cleared. The master plan wasapproved by Board of Directors

in Dubai on 14th April. The Phase

I work’s on 50 acres of land will

begin on 1st July 2013. There will

be eight buildings spread over

15 lakh sq.ft, of which 9 lakh sq.ft

earmarked for Information

Technology (IT) and the

remaining for non-IT purposes.

Central SEZ Board has approved

a single SEZ status to the entire

Kochi Smart City land. Already136 acres of land has earmarked

as SEZ added to the 114 acre

land and a single SEZ status was

given.

project. It is the only project in

the world where the entire

monthlywise performance of the

employees are put on the

website towards ensuring socialaccountability of the project.

Status of IT Parks

Technopark in Thiruvanan

thapuram is all set to become

the biggest IT Park in India with

its Phase III nearing completion.

Phase III features twin towers -

Aanamudi and Ponmudi on a 92-

acre land and are getting ready

for occupation. Developed as a

Special Economic Zone and

Non-Specia l Economic Zone,Phase III comes with shopping

malls, commercial complex,

executive hotels, star hotel

convention centre and a

The master plan for Smart City wasapproved by Board of Directors inDubai on 14th April. The Phase Iwork’s on 50 acres of land will beginon 1st July 2013.





Nitaqat issue

When the issue of Nitaqat

came, my government wasted no

time in briefing the Central

government about the concerns

of Malayalis in Saudi Arabia.

Heeding to Kerala's request, the

Centre held talks with Saudi

government, following which thedeadline of the Nitaqat law was

extended by three months,

bringing relief to Indian expats

there and their families back

home.

A five-member Cabinet sub-

committee has prepared a

rehabilitation package for

Keralites returning from Saudi

Arabia. The Central government

had accepted Kerala's request

to bear the cost of flight ticketsof Keralites returning from Saudi

due to the Nitaqat law.

Arrangement were also in place

to bring back home Keralites

who have no passports with them

by issuing 'Permits' to return

home through the Indian

embassy in Saudi Arabia.

Hunger fee city

It is a novel scheme and

department of jail supply

pesticide-free fresh vegetablesgrown in their premises and

taken care of by prisoners and

used for preparing the food. The

scheme was jointly implemented

by departments of Social Justice

and Social Security Mission.

Phase I of this scheme is to

benefit 2500 in-patients at the

Medical College and SAT Super

Specialty Hospital in

Thiruvananthapuram district.

Sruthi TharangamThe Scheme aims at making

Kerala a State free of children

with disability to hear or speak.

Sruthi Tharangam Project is in

the process of covering more

regions in the State. Implemented

free of cost by Department of

Social Welfare, so far 200

children, below 3 years have

been benefi ted. Annual ly 50

operations are done in four

phases. The Scheme provides Rs.5 lakh each to children

undergoing surgery. As part of

the scheme, all Medical

Colleges and District Hospitals

will be equipped with

audio testing devices and

Auto Acoustic Emission

machine.

Right to Health

Every person in the

country should have the

right to health. It is in

matters of health that

pe op le ar e ex pe ct ing

assistance from

governments. Even though

world-class healthcare is

available in Kerala, it

could be accessible only

to the wealthy. The

government’s aim is to

make such care available

to each and every person

in the State. A scheme of

Rs. 320-crore is aimed at

the first time the state is facing

such a dire situation. Therefore,

long-term drought mitigation

schemes should be implemented

throughout the State. Each grama

panchayat in the State will be

given an advance of Rs.50,000

as an emergency measure to

provide drinking water in tanker

lorries. The government had relaxed rules and procedures for

taking up drought-relief projects.

Short tenders could be invited

to take up drinking water

schemes. An order relaxing rules

for drought-relief measures was

issued on April 16. The order

would be in force till 30th May.

The Executive Engineers of

the Kerala Water Authority

(KWA) had been given powers

to sanction projects up to Rs.20

lakh from the current Rs.8 lakh.

All ongoing drinking water

projects should be comple ted

within a year. Special schemes

for providing drinking water in

the worst-affected tribal area of

Attappady would be executed.

Steps were being taken to

provide drinking water in tanker

lorries in Attappady.

Startup villages

This scheme aims at

pr omot ing a ne w

entrepreneurial culture in

Kerala. The government is

providing a facility for youths/

students with an idea

that can translate them

into entrepreneurs. A

Start-Up Village has

come up for the

purpose in Kochi. Grace

marks (maximum of

4%) and attendance

relaxation (maximumof 20%) will be provided

by Un iver si ties to

student entrepreneurs

who are incubated in

the Start-Up Village.

Only nominal rates are

collecting from

occupants on account

of electricity, water and

maintenance. No

bu ilding ch arge is

collected. The first batch

undergoing business

incubation at the Start-

Up Village would come

out in 1 to 2 year's time and

would walk out as full-fledged

entrepreneurs and become job

prov id er s ra ther than job-

seekers.

Employability centres

The state government will

give top priority to building job

skills among the youth. The firstEmployability Centre in the state

was inaugurated at Ernakulam.

The major hurdle for the

unemployed, youth in the state

is the lack of industry-compatible

skills. The project is aimed at

converting Employment

Exchanges into employment

generation centres. These

employability centres are being

established to change the face

of the employment exchanges,

which are institutions for

registering the names of the

unemployed youth, to skill

development centres.

During my last tenure as

Chief Minister, I was surprised to

hear from the heads of

companies that they had

difficulty in finding suitable

candidates for their companies,

despite the high educational

qualifications of the applicants.

This experience convinced methat urgent government

intervention is needed to make

candidates industry

compatible.


making available generic

medicines free of cost at

government hospitals, along with

12 varieties of medicines for

lifestyle diseases.

A portion of the money for

this would come from the one

per cent cess levied on Excise

tax. Next year, more funds would

be re qu ir ed . Of th e 95 2

categories of medicines that

would be distributed free of cost,

825 had already been supplied

to all medical colleges in the

State and to the general hospitals

in Thiruvananthapuram,

Ernakulam and Kozhikode.

Steps to control

droughtThe state had done

imminent drought control

measures as its best. The drought

is a warning to the State. This is

Endosulfan is now banned in Kerala and the government cameup with acomprehensive package in April 2013

for the victims of thisdeadly pesticide.




Transparency

Ensured

OOMMEN CHANDYCHIEF MINISTER

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Right to Service Act implemented

Kerala won first place ineducation, environment, Health,Poverty alleviation sectors in thesurvey conducted by CNN-IBN atthe national level




Eco tourism project atPonmudi and Neyyar

Interpretation centre atThekkady with the help of NABARD

Purakkad Gandhi SmrithiVananm ecotourism project

Master plan for Orchitariumat Wagamon, Idukki

Vanasree units for themarketing of forestproducts

Elephant protectioncentres at Kottor andKappukad in Trivandrum

Public works in thedepartment has beentransferred to PWD

Project Saturday has beenintroduced to clear off allfiles every week

Names of posts have beenchanged to regain theconfidence of theemployees.

Risk allowance of theemployees has beensanctioned

Best biodiversity award forperiyar tiger reserve.

Cinema

Measures have been takento prevent piracy

Cultural welfare fund board

has been made moreefficient

E-ticketing facility was madepossible in theatres with

the help of Keltron

Archive for Malayalamcinemas that are landmarksin the history at Munnar

Kairali theatre wasmodernized. Nila, a newtheatre was added to thecomplex

Sports

A new sports developmentpolicy, aimed at theallround growth of thesports persons, wasinstituted.

Posting through sportsquota was made online

An elite training centre forensuring medals at Olympics

SMILE project for creatingeminent sportsmen andwomen

Multisports Stadiums

Synthetic football turf at

Thrissur and ThrikkarippoorSwim and survive project forchildren up to 5 yr old

Community sports projectfor increasing the physicalability of the public

Archery academy atWayanad

35th national gamessecretariat has beenconstituted

Greenfield stadium atKaryvattom, Trivandrum

A games village atMenamkulam, Trivandrum

A new sports law has beeninstated.

Retirement age enhancedto 56

Participatory pensionscheme for those enteringservice after 2013 April

Right to Service Actimplemented

Sea-plane project to belaunched

Emerging Kerala conductedin Kochi to showcause thestate before the world.4676 delegates from 36countries participated inthe meet.

Company formed forMonorail in Kozhikode andThiruvananthapuram

Completed theenvironmental impact studyand Master Plan for EPC

Tender and technical studyfor Vizhinjam harbour

Completed.

Steps taken for thelaunching of Air Kerala.

Kochi Metro Rail and Smartcity Project are under way.

Project Report preparedfor Trivandrum-MangaloreRail,

Kochi-Palakkad Industrialcorridor

Skill Development Scheme

started in 37 EducationalInstitutions

Kerala achieved first placefor maintaining law and

order in the annual surveyconducted by India Today

Chief Minister’s websitewww.keralacm.gov.in gotthe webratna golden awardinstituted by centralcommunication andinformation technologydepartment

Kerala won first place ineducation, environment,

Health, Poverty alleviationsectors in the surveyconducted by CNN IBN atthe national level

Got recognition from UNDPfor transparency ingovernance

Forest & Wildlife

Many innovative measureshave been taken to protectour precious forests

World heritage status for

Western Ghat areas whichincludes Nelliyampathy,Silent valley andParambikkulam forests.

Check dams were createdin order to protect riverwater

‘Vanadeepthi’ project forprotecting trees that faceextinction, was carried outsuccessfully.

Financial help for those whoplant trees in private land

Steps to tackle globalwarming

Zoological park at Thrissur

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P.K. KUNHALIKUTTYMINISTER FOR INDUSTRIES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

A Vision for future

In October 2004, I happened to be

in Dubai in connection with GITEX,

one of the world’s biggest IT

Exhibition. I got an opportunity to

study closely the growth of Dubai,

especially in Knowledge Industry space

and was quite fascinated by its

achievements. Though we had

established the first IT park of India,

Technopark, in Kerala way back in 1990,

we could not develop the full potential

in that area compared to other cities

such as Bangalore, Gurgaon and

Hyderabad. Infopark was at an infant

stage then. I realized that Kerala’s

future growth prospects lie in the

growth of Knowledge Industries and

that ideally we need a catalyst for

growth, which I saw in Dubai InternetCity. Some time back, in 2004 a team

from Dubai Internet City had visited

Kochi, but they didn’t show much

interest subsequently. So I decided to

meet their leadership and emphasise

on the prospects of Kerala.

I met Dr. Omar Bin Suleiman, then

CEO of Dubai Internet City and Director

General of Dubai International

Financial Centre and Ahmad Binbyat,

Director General of Tecom Authority. I

was able to wipe out every trace of negative factors in their mind about

Kerala and was able to emphasize

positive aspects of the state including

availability of young educated

manpower and superb social

infrastructure. Dubai Internet City

leaders not only agreed to consider

Kerala as a potential location, but also

had sent a team to Kochi soon, for

evaluation. The team submitted a

detailed project report for a Smart City

in Kochi, in December 2004 itself.

It is true that progress made

regarding establishment of this dream

project was slow in last several years

due to different reasons. However,

during the visit of Chief Minister and

other Kerala leaders including myself

to Dubai, last month, we were able to

emphasize the importance of this

projec t fo r the Indo-UAE fr iendly

relations. His Highness Sheik

Mohammad Bin Rasheed Al Maktom,

Vice President and Prime Minister of





UAE and Ruler of Dubai, had

agreed to visit Kerala for the

inauguration of first phase of

Smart City after about 18 months.This is a great endorsement from

the highest level of Government

of Dubai for the Smart City and

it will definitely help the project

in a big way for its realization.

The newly appointed Smart City

Dubai team under the

leadership of Abdullatif AlMulla

also is quite enthusiastic for its

implementation. The Proposed

visit of His Highness will also

assist development of other

segments of Kerala economy

including industry, transport and

tourism and will also attract

global focus to Kerala.

Smart City Kochi is a self-

sustained township for

knowledge-based companies

and located in the city of Kochi,

the commercial capital of

Kerala. Project will have a

significant impact on the state’s

economy and will create vibrant

knowledge economy

communities which are to be

anchored by leading global,

regional and local names in the

industry to facilitate knowledge

transfer and job creation. Being

owned and developed by the

Government of Kerala (16%) and

TECOM of Dubai (84%), Smart

City Kochi will be one of India’s

largest knowledge industry parks.

The Smart City Director board

also consists of Chief Minister of Kerala, Industries Minister,

Minister in charge of Ernakulam

District and Principal Secretary

(IT), showing strong commitment

from the State. From TECOM,

Abdullatif AlMulla, Chief

Business Development Officer,

Dubai Holding is the ViceChairman of SCK and Dr. Baju

George is the Managing Director.

Based on the successful

models of Dubai Internet City,

Dubai Media City and Dubai

Knowledge Village, Smart City

Kochi will provide an

infrastructure, environment and

support systems to promote the

growth of knowledge-based

industry companies. It utilizes

TECOM’s specialised expertise,

in the creation and management

of knowledge based industry

clusters to create an

infrastructure and environmentcatered to the requirements of

knowledge based companies

and knowledge workers.


mechanism for all requirements

of knowledge companies so that

companies can concentrate on

their core functions and leave

all procedural hurdles to Smart

City.

Project area is in a scenic

246 acres plot in the heart of

Kochi city and just 2 Km fromDistrict Collectorate.

Construction of the first block of

buildings with about 15 lakh sq.ft

cumulative BUA plus parking

structures will commence by July

2013 and will be completed

within 18-24 months thereafter.

The project will have about 120

lakh sq.ft of buildup area, which

will consist of highly customized

office space in different

knowledge clusters within IT and

ITeS segments and high end

social and physical

infrastructure. Kochi is the

Apart from a state-of-the-art

b u s i n e s s - c o m m u n i t y

infrastructure in four knowledge

clusters - IT/ITeS, Media, Finance

and Research & Innovation,

Smart City Kochi will offer a host

of business support services as

well as residential, hospitality,

retail and recreational facilities.

The project has an employment

generation potential of over

100,000 jobs directly and three

times more indirectly. Multiplier

effects are expected to bring

several other benefits to the

state. The project has already

be en ap prov ed as a Sp ec ia l

Economic Zone by CentralGovernment and as Industrial

Township by the State

Government. This will facilitate

one stop shop approval

landing point for SAFE and SE-

ME-WE3 submarine cables,

enabling reliable connectivity.

The project will have

dependable power supply with

redundancy and a high end data

center. Project aims to complete

construction in five and half

years as against ten years

allowed in the agreement.

Smart City also creates a

global network to assist its

business partners to tap into

various markets, opportunities

and talent. Smart City Kochi and

Smart City Malta are the first two

projects being developed to be

par t of the global network of knowledge-based industry

townships. This global network

fosters productive linkages and

taps into synergies between

Smart City Kochi is aself-sustained townshipfor knowledge-based companies and located in the city of Kochi, thecommercial capital of

Kerala. Project willhave a significantimpact on the state’seconomy and willcreate vibrantknowledge economycommunities which areto be anchored byleading global, regionaland local names in theindustry to facilitateknowledge transfer and job creation.




P K KUNHALIKUTTYMINISTER FOR INDUSTRIES ANDINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

“Start up village” for creating young entrepreneurs

knowledge-industry centers

worldwide. This will also

facilitate interaction between

Kochi-Dubai-Malta-Future nodes

of Smart City network, thereby

adding efficiency and facilitating

best utilization of talents for its

companies.

Project will have an

excellent social infrastructure

that will assist it to attract and

retain knowledge workers. Thiswill include premium and mid-

market schools offering different

curriculum as IB, IGCSE, ICSE and

CBSE, International hospital,

shopping mall, multiplex, hotels

etc. Smart City is also in

discussion to have an

international university and

allied infrastructure to foster

research and development

within the city. There will be

luxury villas for high officials and

apartments for other staff. There

will also be secured residential

quarters for lady staff within

processing area and near office bloc ks . Su pe rior so ci al

infrastructure will also reduce

attrition rate.

Government has already

allowed a Cyber Police Station

that will take care of both cyber

and physical security of the

development. This is in addition

to internal security arrangement

of Smart City. Government has

decided to construct four new

roads to link Smart City with

different parts of city and also is

considering extension of Kochi

Metro to Smart City at one end

and to International airport atother end. Smart City will be

widening and developing two

flowing rivers within the project

site which will facilitate fast

water transportation to different

parts of the city. Smart City will

also create 2.5 Km long retain

spine along river banks that will

be an attraction for knowledge

workers.

Kochi International Airport

is the second busiest airport of

West Coast with direct

connection to Middle East,

Colombo and Singapore. It is

catered by ten internationalairlines apart from Indian

operators. New York and Paris

are just 18 and 11 hours away

respectively. For Shopaholics,

EMERGING KERALA was conducted at Kochi. Thiswas the biggest event to attract investors toKerala and tap its unexplored potential. Throughthis the state can generate more employmentopportunities and become an industrial hub.

Kerala Emerges




there are numerous shopping

malls and other interest in Kochi

and among them LuLu Mall is

with the biggest with 2.5 Million

sq.ft area. These and other

traditional social infrastructure

of the city is quite attractive for

the knowledge workers and

international companies.

One of the most important

USP for Kerala is the availability

of trained and/or qualified manpower at reasonable rate.

Our state is a 100% literate state

with hundreds of Engineering

(Annual intake 30,000 students)

and other educational

institutions, many technological

companies are finding it quite

desirable to have their future

expansions in Kerala. Further

Kerala IT workers who had

migrated to other metros are

looking forward for opportunities

in Kochi so that they can return

to home state. International

Training facilities planned within

Research and Innovation cluster of Smart City with the support of

Government of Kerala and

Na tion al Sk il l De velo pmen t

Corporation will assist to convert

these talents to be more

employable as invaluable skills.

I believe in Dream Kerala

and I know that future prosperity

of our society is through

Knowledge Industries, which is

the most suitable one for Kerala

environment. According to

NASSCOM estimates, value of IT

and other knowledge industries

in India is projected to grow

three times by year 2020 and toUSD 300 Billion. Kerala has a

legitimate claim to this growth

thanks to availability of skilled

manpower, provided we make

available the right infrastructure

as what was envisaged for Smart

City. Success of Smart City model

will stimulate similar

development in other parts of

the State for different segments

and will give courage and

motivation for others also to

invest in Kerala. I know that gone

are the days when Volkswagens

of the world were scared of

Kerala. So I am fully committed to see the success of Smart City

and is closely evaluating the

prog re ss fo r our ov eral l

development.

A global support centre for Ernst &Young will start functioning at KinfraFilm & video park Kazhakuttom,

Thiruvananthapuram. 5000 youngpeople will get employment throughthis.

Trade and commercial centers willcome into existence inThiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode,Kochi, and Kannur. KINFRA willprovide basic infrastructure for this.

Titanium sponge venture with thecooperation of SAIL and KMML

“Start up village” for creating youngentrepreneurs.

E- district project came intoexistence in all districts.

E- Procurement system mademandatory for purchase ingovernment departments and publicsector departments.

Government files started movingfaster than ever before after thelaunching of IDEAS.

Crime and Criminal Tracking Networksystem (CCTNS) was launched as apilot project for making the function

of police department more and moreefficient.

E governing system is being carried

out successfully in motor vehicledepartment, Civil suppliesdepartment, Registration departmentetc.

The third phase development of Technopark is nearing completion.

The second phase development of info park is in progress

Master plan for Info Park wasaccepted.

Pavilion for smart city, the dreamproject of Kerala.

Innovation zone at kochi

Kerala is in the first place in gettingpeople enrolled in Adhar-UID

E pass will be introduced to controlthe exchange and handling of mineralsin the state.

GPRS will be introduced forcontrolling sand mining etc.

Divisional offices for waqf board inThiruvananthapuram, Kannur andMalappuram districts.

EMERGING KERALA was conducted atKochi. This was the biggest event toattract investors to Kerala and tap

its unexplored potential. Through thisthe state can generate moreemployment opportunities andbecome an industrial hub.

Production started in 20 industrialprojects in 2012-13 financial year withthe help of KSIDC. 31 projects are inprogress

Integrated business hubs will startfunctioning in Kerala withconnectivity to 5 airports in 2013-14financial year.

Life science Park in

Thiruvananthapuram, CoconutIndustrial park at Kuttiyadi,Electronics Hardware Park at Kochi,Supplementary Gas InfrastructureProject at Kochi etc. will beexecuted by KSIDC.

10,389 small- medium scale enterprisesstarted in 2012-13 financial year amongconstruction and service sectors.

220 enterprises started under womenindustries scheme.




K M MANIMINISTER FOR FINANCE, LAW AND HOUSING

The finance ministry in the last

two years, under the UDF

ministry, has gained a hard

fought human face to otherwise

would have been a drab chapter in the

economy balance sheet of the state. The

spent two years were waking periods of

the ministry. The finance-law-housing

departmentd have enabled in helping blooming the spring of development all

these years. When we entered into power,

the state has been faced with acute

financial crisis, indebted with crores of

rupees and full with as many difficult

schemes waiting for execution. Even

though, braving all the odds and swimming

across the financial hurdles, the

department at the end of its two year

tenure has helped the state to stand

financially sound and brought into the

path of development.The government is giving priority to

the social welfare of the state. During this

tenure, the price of the diesel and petrol

has skyrocketed and this government in

Finance gets

human face

The government is giving priority to thesocial welfare of the state. During thistenure, the price of the diesel and petrolskyrocketed and this government in order tocurtail the price rise has cut down the statetax for petrol and diesel for four times.




order to curtail the price rise has

cut down the state tax for petrol

and diesel for four times. The tax

of the manures was also lowered

and the tax of Edible oil, Mydaand Sooji was cut down to one

pe rc en t from fo ur pe rc en t.

Amidst of all these financial

difficulties, the government has

been able to increase the tax

revenue of the state. This was

novel schemes like Integrated

Check Post at Amaravila

(enabling Excise, Motor vehicles,

sales tax departments),

extension of e-payment facility,a system to check the status of

returns, SMS alert system to

communicate with the traders

(whenever their products

reaches at check post), digital

signature, online delivery notes,

reformation done in the

department has earned the

Chief Minister’s award. Video

conferencin g in order to

interact with Prime Minister and registering complaints were

started.

Extending Law helpto the people

In order to complete the

cases within a maximum time

span of three years, an Industrial

Policy was established which was

adjudged as one of the

revolutionary policies. This has

enabled to solve out as many

cases in the 35 departments by

linking it to the corresponding

law officers. Legal Service

authority has enabled to solve

out 52,324 cases in 7305 Adalaths.

In order to give free legal aid, 16

legal services clinics were

started in the district head

quarters and in the High court.

The permanent Lok Adalat at

Thiruvananthapuram and

Ernakulam was extended to

Kozhikode also.A law translation cell was

also formed in order to translate

the judgments to Malayalam.

Based on the knowledge

management system, the act from

1950 were being digitized and

made accessible to the people

through legal department’s

website. For the welfare of the

advocate’s clerk an amendment

was made to instate pension for

these people and festival

allowance for these section was

made available. Toilets and other

facilities at the court premises

were improved.

Legal Literacy classes were

started in schools in order spread

legal awareness among the

students. As part of this, Kerala

Legal Services Authority has

conducted a state level quiz

competition and the students

who have topped the list with

first and second place would get

a grace mark in their SSLC

examination. Mobile adalath

system was introduced and is

travelling to the rural and hilly

areas in order to give legal

awareness classes and

complaint redressal adalats.

Lottery

The word lottery has

become a synonym of Karunya

lottery. This is a treatment

scheme in which the people


online registration of different

tax related documents has

delivered a speedy and

transparent service as promised

to the people.

A tax monitoring cell and

grievance redressal cell were

formed. There has been also a

plan to instate a special bench

exclusively to hear the revenue

related cases. The Advocate

General has been sought the

opinion in this regard. Welfare

Fund pension increased. The

done by adopting strict tax

collection methods. In the year

2010-11, when the government

was just throne in to the power,

the tax income was 16213.05

crore and in 2011-12 it was

increased to 19310.54 crore. The

net tax collection till 2012-13

February 28th is 20311.12 crore.

In order to speed up the

procedures and in a mission to

make it more transparent an e-

declaration was introduced in

the check posts. With a string of

The income throughlottery has touched anall time record high. Inthe 2010-11 financialyear the income was just only 557.69 croreand in this on goingyear it has alreadycrossed 2750 crores. A

new scheme of systemwas introduced for drawing using newequipments.




having income less than three

lakhs would be eligible for

treatment help worth two lakhs.This is for the first time that this

kind of a treatment is

introduced in the country. While

during the last one year this

treatment scheme has helped

some thousand patients in their

treatment spending 111 crores of

rupees as part of this. Karunya

Home, the accommodation

facility for the poor patients and

their by standers, was started.

The income through lottery

has touched an all time record

high. In the 2010-11 financial year the income was just only 557.69

crore and in this on going year it

has already crossed 2750 crores.

E governance was also

introduced and a new scheme

of system was introduced for

drawing using new equipments.

The government also had taken

stringent action against the

illegal lottery sale from other

states and for this a state level

monitoring cell was formed with

higher level officers as its

members. A monitoring

committee was made in district

level with District Collector as

its leader. There is also a plan to

install a vigilance cell by

associating cyber cell experts in

the lottery department.

Insurance

The End to End

computerization in the

Insurance department has taken

place on 7th February 2013. The

insurance scheme for school

students was introduced. Based

on the 2013-14 budget

proc lamation the ge ne ra l

insurance business of Public,

Quasi governmental,

cooperative institutions should be do ne th ro ug h in su ra nc e

department.

Housing

With the motto to give a

secure housing for every one in

the state the government had

implemented a Housing Policy.

Sanction was given to provide

housing loans to those agencies

and individuals associated in the

construction sector and to the

formation of Housing Finance

Development Corporation. The

draft to form the State Housing

Regulatory Authority with quasi-

judicial power in order to solve

the problems in the sector is

under consideration of the

government. To form a shelter

fund to help economically

ba ck ward pe op le one co re

rupees was made available in

the 2013-14 budget. In order to

Sanction wasgiven to providehousing loans tothose agenciesand individualsassociated in the

constructionsector and to theformation of Housing FinanceDevelopmentCorporation.




transform this sector to the

changing technology

advancements Rs. 56 crore has be en made av ai la bl e in the

bu dg et an d Tec hn ol ogy

Innovation Fund was formed.

Aiming a concrete and

comprehensive development in

the Environment, the

government had planned a

Comprehensive Housing

the construction of 8030 houses

was started and 6315 have

already been completed. Theconsent was given to construct

5407 houses included in the

Suraksha Bhavana Scheme and

3344 houses were completed. The

Sayoojyam Scheme envisioned

for the middle class is already

progressing at Kottayam and

Kasargod. Government had

indirect jobs for the youth in the

state. Through the mission till

date 1100 entrepreneurs wereidentified and 430 enterprises

were started. Those who have

opened the new enterprises in

the state belonged to the lower

strata of the society. In the

financial year 2013-14 the

government is aiming to give 100

crore of rupees as loan and for

in the country which is giving

dividend for the last three years.

The institution has achieved record profit in 2011-12 and had

given dividend to it customers,

and the only financial institution

to have published the balance

sheet.

KFC have also given loans

for Cinema-Serial production,

Theater renovation, Energy

saving, Waste Management, Food

security and to many other

sectors. During the 60th year of

KFC which is being celebrated in this current financial year, the

main motto of the corporation is

to implement the low interest

loan scheme offered in the

budget.

The turn over of the Kerala

State Financial Enterprises has

increased to 17,314 crore and

during the last 31st March it was

only 14,648. This year they aim

Rs.18.000 crore rupees. The

amount in the Deposit schemehas also increased to 4599 from

3109 till 31st March 2011. The

branches of the enterprise have

also increased to 460. Steps have

been progressing to start KSFE

bran ch es in almo st al l the

Panchayath as offered in the

budget.

With these kinds of creative

and imaginative schemes, the

Finance, Law and Housing

departments are once againstressing the importance of

imparting welfare measures to

the ordinary citizens of the

state.

written off the pending amount

of Rs 137.94 crore rupees of 38384

be ne fi ci ar ies in the Mythri

Bhavana scheme implemented

for the poorer sections in

between 1996-2004.

Self EntrepreneurshipMission

Self Entrepreneurship

Mission which was proclaimed

in the 2011-2012 with an aim toimpart a comprehensive

development through industrial

development has offered one

lakh direct jobs and five lakh

Rehabilitation Scheme and a

cabinet subcommittee with

Finance Minister as chairman.

The discussion to implement an

affordable housing scheme

which raises the slogan “Land for

every one and house for every

one” is in the offing. A working

women’s hostel with 125 beds

was built in Thrissur, Pulluvazhi

in a mission to provide secure

accommodation for the workingwomen. Included in the second

phase, the same is being built in

Kozhikode and Idukki. Included

in the M N Lakshamveed colony,

extending the scheme and to

increase the participation of the

youths to the scheme the age

limit has lowered from 21 to 18.

Walk-in-interview has been put

in place and the training period

has also been lowered to 13 days.

This project was done in the state

by the Ke ra la Fi na nc ia l

Corporation. The corporation

which has got 1400 crore rupee

wealth has achieved the primestatus of one among the top

financial institutions in the

country during this period. This

is the only financial institution




Enhancing

Agriculture

‘Nirav’ implemented in12 legislative constituencies. Inthe current financial year, it will be extended to 35 morelegislative constituencies

K P MOHANANMINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE,ANIMAL HUSBANDRY,PRINTING AND STATIONERY

10221 tonnes of extra paddy production

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Emphasis given to enhanceagriculture production.

The pension to farmerswith less than 2 hec. of land is enhanced to Rs.500.

2,07,844 farmers are nowreceiving pension.

A project of Rs. 50 crore isimplemented for enhancing

vegetable farming.

Agro Service Centres in 35selected blocks.

Farmers’ Registration ande-payment facility.

Constituted 61 farmers’group.

3407 hec. barren land wasmade suitable foragriculture.

10221 tonnes of extra

paddy production‘Nirav’ implemented in 12legislative constituencies.In the current financialyear, it will be extended to35 more legislativeconstituencies

Organic farming done in4480 hec. land in selected20 block areas

Organic farming started in25 selected panchayats inKasargod district

Soil-Water preservationprojects at a cost of 16crore under RIDF

1750 check dams built inWayanad District foragricultural development.

Projects for enhancingpoultry farming.

Implemented Farm SchoolProjects

Implemented Summer PlusScheme

247 Field Farm Schools in153 Blocks

5 crore rupees forMultispeciality VeterinaryComplex atKudappanakunnu

1.9 crore forPharmaceutical Division,Palode

Implemented GosurakshaInsurance Scheme

99.75 lakhs for

constructing DistrictVeterinary Hospital atKasargod

Most Modern Four colourweb offset Machinesinstalled at governmentpresses in Mannanthala,Shornur and Vazhur

Eight Sheet Fed OffsetMachines installed atgovernment presses atMannanthala, PoojappuraJail and Kollam

Modern Digital PaperTesting machines installed

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Working places safe

Wages better

Rehabilitation project for immigrantworkers. This will be executed withthe help of Construction workersWelfare Fund. Kerala Compulsoryregistration of Migrant workers Actwill come into effect this financialyear.

SHIBU BABY JOHNMINISTER FOR LABOUR ANDREHABILITATION

All welfare pensions increased up to Rs. 500

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Wages of nurses in theprivate sector have beenraised.

Those who work in thesunlight are allowed totake rest during the noontime. This is because of the sun burn reporteddue to high temperatureduring this time.

All welfare pensions wereincreased up to Rs 500. Allpensions distributed ontime without delay.

Rehabilitation project forimmigrant workers. Thiswill be executed with thehelp of Constructionworkers Welfare Fund.Kerala Compulsoryregistration of Migrantworkers Act will come intoeffect this financial year.

Kerala CompulsoryRegistration of MigrantWorkers Act will come intoforce this year.

Registration of employeesand employer madecompulsory.

Welfare benefits are madethrough banks.

Plantation Housingproject startedfunctioning for better

living conditions of theworkers in the plantationarea.


Wage security project willbe launched in the statesoon. As part of thisscheme, wage protectionact will come intoexistence. This will ensureminimum wages for theworkers.

Stringent measures aretaken against Nokkukooli.

Labour helpline started tolook into the complaintsof nookukooli. Thecomplaints through labourhelpline will be settledwithin 24 hours.

Thiruvananthapuram,Ernakulam, Kozhikodedistricts are nowNookukooli free districts.

Measures have been takento make state ITIs to thelevel of international

standards. For the firsttime in Kerala, Virtualclasses have beenintroduced in ITIs.

ISO certification for ITIs

Renovation of ITIs havebeen done.

Employment exchangeshave been madeemployability centres.

Kerala academy for skillsexcellence came into

existence in order tomake 500 skilled youths bythe year 2022.

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Ensured food

sufficient

673 Panchayat based VilgilanceCommittees have beenconstituted so as to make thefunctioning of the departmentmore and more efficient.

ANOOP JACOBMINISTER FOR FOOD AND CIVILSUPPLIES, CONSUMER PROTECTION,REGISTRATION

Procurement price of paddy has been raised to 17 rupees

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57 new ration shops started functioningin the state. 5,48,506 new Ration cardsdistributed. Of these 37,872 were BPL.

10 kg rice at the rate 8.90 rupees perKg & 3 Kilo wheat at the rate of 6.70 perKg for APL card holders.

35 Kg rice at the rate of Re.1 for thoseunder AAY.

25 Kg rice at the rate of Re.1 & 8 Kgwheat at the rate of Rs 2 per Kg for BPL

card holders.

10 Kg rice on free of cost basis forthose who come under the Annapoornascheme.

673 Panchayat based VilgilanceCommittees have been constituted so asto make the functioning of thedepartment more and more efficient.

43 new Maveli Stores.

4 Supermarkets were converted intoPeople’s bazaar.

Procurement price of paddy has beenraised to 17 rupees.

Stringent measures to check price riseof essential commodities.

Many measures have been taken toimprove the service of the registrationdepartment.

To settle undervaluation cases one timesettlement scheme implemented. 17lakh undervaluation cases will get thisbenefit.

Online facility implemented for checking

the registration details of title deeds.Computerized the deed details of 20years.





Enhancing

Power Generation

Launched 10,000 Rooftop Solar Power Plant Programme aiminggeneration of 10 MW power from solar energy.

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E payment facility at Motor Vehicle department

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ISO certification obtained forMoolamattom and MoozhiyarGenerating stations.

Four 110 KV substations andsix 33 KV substationscommissioned.

Promoted 104894 numbers of service connection.

Introduced online paymentof Electricity bill for HT and

EHT consumers.

Launched SMS registration of complaints.

Introduced E-tendering forall works and contractsabove 25 lakhs.

Compassionate groundsappointment given to 141candidates.

MoU signed with NTPC for200 MW Windfarm atRamakkalmedu.

Introduced free supply of electricity for patientssurviving on the basis of lifesupport system.

Launched 10,000 RooftopSolar Power Plant Programmeaiming generation of 10 MWpower from solar energy.

6350 nos. of domestic andinstitutional type biogasplants of capacity 9900 m3have been installed.

13000 nos. of improveddomestic smokeless chulhashave been installed.


Five Wind MonitoringStations established forWind resourceassessment.

Energy audit mademandatory for HT / EHTfor high rise buildings andapartments.

Completed the APDRPprojects in

Thiruvananthapuram city.Measures taken toimprove public transportsystem.

Online reservation systemimplemented in KSRTC.

The workshops, headoffice, depot’s etc. of KSRTC werecomputerized.

KSRTC Operating Centreat Ranni.

A new bus station atKanjangad.

E payment facility atMotor Vehicledepartment.

Plan to start driver Testingtracks at all districtheadquarters.

Portable ElectronicWeighing Bridges at 19MVD check posts.

New 8 sub regionaltransport offices will bestarted.

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Future

better planned

The changes have been visible in every strata of development. The people have come to realizethe creative efforts the government had imparted in establishing development and peace in the state. Moreover, the will of thegovernment in executing many differentdevelopmental schemes in the state within astipulated time frame needs worth mentioning.

K C JOSEPHMINISTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENTPLANNING, CULTURE AND NORKA

Completed 151 roads under Prime minister’s Grama Sadak Yojana

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The UDF ministry has entered

into its third year in power. In

the past two years, the

ministry has successfully

showcased people-friendly

governance to the tunes of people’s

expectation. The government has

enabled expanding the developmental

activities across the state, we believe

that more things are there which need

due care and to be completed. Amidst

of all this, we are much happier for the

reason that we could be able to spread

smiles and happiness over the life of

the people.

The changes have been visible in

every strata of development. The

pe op le ha ve come to re al ize the

creative efforts the government had

imparted in establishing development

and peace in the state. Moreover, the

will of the government in executing

many different developmental

schemes in the state within a stipulated

time frame needs worth mentioning.

In the pursuit of enabling development

in the state, the government has equally

addressed the whole society and no

one was omitted out from the

developmental precincts. The

following things are the developmental



29KERALA CALLINGMay 2013 29KERALA CALLINGMay 2013

activities that the government has

started or done in the last two

years.

Rural Development

Unlike the past for the last

couple of years the rural areas

have been witnessing sweeping

changes and the fund allotted

for the same were used fruitfully.

Kerala has got several accolades

for the smooth conduction of the

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Scheme in the state.

While, the last government has

spent only Rs 1497.18 crores of

rupees on the same, the present

government in the past two years

had spent Rs 2463.14 for the

scheme. The government has

also implemented 633 lakhs of

employment days for Rs 1048

crore in the financial year 2011-

12 and 833 lakh employment days

on Rs1415.14 crore rupees on

2012-13.

The government also has

spent Rs 10.75 crores of rupeesin order to bear the costs of study

of the worker’s children,

including the workers who had

engaged in 100 days of

employment under the scheme.

Apart from this the government

also had allocated Rs 20 crorein order to distribute Onakkodi

to the women workers who

complete 100 days of work under

the scheme in the budget 2013-

14. People have raised the

demand to increase the

minimum wage of the workers

employed under this rural

scheme to Rs 200 from Rs 164

and the central government had

already increased the wage to

180 rupees.The government also has

taken up the initiative to

complete the 151 roads under

Prime minister’s Grama Sadak

Yojana. 746 kilometer roads

which also include the 25 km

stretch in the Endosulfan

package were sanctioned on a

budget of Rs 460 crores. The

government also was successful

in completing 47 roads (124.22

km) on a cost of 49.88 crorerupees in 2011-12 and 46 roads

(108 km) on 51.08 crore rupees.

The construction of another 612

km roads is underway and is

pr ogre ss ing on fa st pa ce in

different parts of the state. The

government also has increased

the cost of constructing houses

under Indira Avas Yojana

Scheme from 15.9.2011 by

allotting 2.50 lakh to Schdeuled

Tribes and 2 lakh to Scehdule

Caste and other general

sections.

Under the Swarnajayanthi

Grama Swarosnagar Scheme

(SGSY), 3651 Self help groups in

the state were equipped with Rs

363.22 lakh as revolving help. Inthe year 2011-12, 3112 self help

groups and 4299 individual

families were given financial aid

of Rs 5232.61 lakhs of rupees

from the allotted 5439.07 lakh

rupees. Included in the

Integrated Neerthada

Management Scheme, 35

projects for 241 neerthadams

were sanctioned.

Planning

Even though a decentralized planning was implemented the

power to control and implement

the schemes were given to the

TAG. However, the complaints

that this has caused in the delay

of many of the schemes were on

the rise. Taking this criticism into consideration the TAG group

system was stopped and the

control over the project was

given to the elected

representatives which has given

a new dimension to the project.

The government also had given

sanction to the 12th five year plan

with 1.02 lakhs increase. In order

to monitor the yearly schemes

implemented an online

monitoring plan space systemwas introduced. In this way the

yearly plans of all the

departments can be analyzed

online and productively

monitored.

A new budgeting scheme

was also envisaged for Basic

Facility Development scheme in

the year 2013-14 in order to

prevent the misuse of the project

fund. District level awards were

made to the local self bodies whohave successfully implemented

various development schemes in

2012-13. In order for a

comprehensive development




across the state, Planning Board

Perspective 2030 was given

shape which is to be

implemented in the selected

sectors under long term

development schemes.

Vision Varkala 2020 was

envisioned for the development

of an international tourism and

pilgrim centre in Varkala. For this

a MoU was signed with the

central government private

sector institution Rinse. Rs 1.43crore of rupees were given to

the construction of Papanasam

Balimandapam and Habitat

technology group,

Thiruvananathapuram was

given the construction

obligation. Rs 10 crore were

sanctioned by Central Planning

Commission for the construction

of Centre for Performing arts at

Varkala. Economic census 13 was

started on 1st May 2013 to collectthe statistics of all the Economy

units in the state. Geo Portal

system was also completed.

Culture

Many path breaking

decisions were taken by the

department during a short period

of two years. The major

achievement in this sector is that

the cultural institutions in the

state have full freedom to

function and this has given a newdirection to these organizations.

As a beginning step to built

Heritage Museums in all the

districts, the construction of

Ernakulam District Heritage

Museum at Bastion Bunglow in

Kochi, Thrissur Heritage

Museum at Kollamkode House

were started. The museum

construction at

Thiruvananthapuram and

Kozhikode would soon start.

Central government has given

the sanction to turn

Kalamandalam as a nodal

agency and it has also got the 12

B status by UGC, which is a precious status.

The stipend given to the SC

and ST students were raised to

Rs 1500 from Rs 750. Government

has also taken over the land at

Tasrack near Palakkad to

construct a memoriam for the

late eminent writer OV Vijayan.

Rs 5.25 lakhs was allotted to

construct a memorial for

Sukumar Azhikode at Thrissur

and his large collection of books,

his house and land were taken

by the government. Steps have

also been taken to construct

memorials for Basheer at

Kozhikode, Malabar Cultural

Village and Cartoonist Sankar

Memorial at Kayamkulam. Steps

have also taken to construct Art

galleries at different locationswith the help of local self

governments and Lalithakala

academy. Shilpagramam was

started at Kozhikode.

Madhavamenon art gallery at

Kodungalloor was also opened.

Initiatives were taken to

renovate Hill Palace

Thripponnithara at 5 crore and

Pazhassiraja museum at

Kozhikode.

In order to facilitate the

Malayalam language suiting with

that of computer language an

Electronic Test Composing

Phonic System was also devised,

and steps have been also takento include Unicode system in

Malayalam. Initiatives have also

been taken to the spread of the

Malayalam Mission activities.

Another major important event

hat had helped in uplifting the

status of Malayalam language

among the world languages was

the successful conduction of

Viswa Malayala Mahotsavam

after 34 years in

Thiruvananthapuram recently.

Sree Narayana Studies was

included in the school

curriculum and the new

International Study Centre at

Chempazhanthy was

inaugurated.

1068 artists were given Artists

Pension. Steps have been taken

to start Travancore Folk Village

at Velavoor, Kottayam, gave

shape to Mappila Kala Academy,

Percussion Instrument Museum

at Palakkad were other major

achievements of the

departments during these period.

For the first time in India, Pravasi

Kalaretna, Pravasi Kalasree

awards were in put in place for

the expat artists by Kerala

Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.

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worth one lakh for artists,

allotment of rupees one lakh

subsidy for the professional

amateur dramas the other

achievements.

Dairy Development

Dairy development in the

state has been on a path

breaking way in enabling the

state to achieve economic

development, many projects and

schemes were implemented in

the sector like Milkshed

development scheme in making

the increase in the productivity

of milk in the state, Rs 19 crore

has been put in place. Subsidy

for Cattle feeds to the diary

farmers has extended all through

the year, theena grass farming

extended in 6,000 hectare,

financial aid given to 8,000

farmers for Azola farming, 39 new

diary clubs were started in a

mission to attract more youthsto this sector.

In order to bring in

transparency in the functioning

of dairy societies, collecting milk

and sale purposes automation

and networking system costing

Rs 3 crore were in the pipeline.

As part of the National Mission

protein supplement scheme the

dairy societies in the Kottayam

and Thrissur districts were

prov ided wi th ba si cinfrastructure like automation,

bu lkco ol er et c. 14 cr ore

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

Scheme in the different districts

of the state were being

implemented. The

modernization of the primary

dairy societies in the districts of

Ernakulam, Kozhikode,

Malappuram, Kannur, Wayanad

and Kasargod were being taken

place in allotted 5 crore budget.

The Milk Pasteurising Dairy plant

having the capacity to pasteur

milk worth one lakh litres to be

constructed at Kannur was

equipped with additionalfinancial aid of Rs 7.5 from the

central government.

NORKA

Expat population of the

state has been playing a pivotal

role in making the economy of

the state steady for the last two

decades. It has calculated that

50,000 crores of rupees has been

sending these people to the state

yearly and around 30 lakhs of

Malayalis were working abroad as expats. Nitaqat law

implemented in Saudi arabi has

be co me on e of the grav e

concerns for the expat

populations there. However, the

Kerala government has pleaded

to the Saudi government to

extend the time limit of

implementing the Nitaqat. With

the help of the central ministry

intervening into the matter the

Saudi government had extended

the timelimit to three months

prior implementing the law.

Help desk has been opened

at the three airports of the state

in Kerala for the returning expats

from Saudi as part of Nitaqat and

a 24 hr toll free call centre has

also been enabled at Norka HQ.

The details collected through

this system would help in the

rehabilitation activities of these

people. Government has also

started a survey with the help of

Economic and Statistics

Department from 1st May to

collect the exact information of

the expats working abroad fromthe state. Project for return

emigrants would be started this

year itself for those who are

coming back to the country.

Saphalyam Project was also

implemented in helping the

expats who have released from

the jails of gulf countries and

those who have lost the valuable

documents like passports etc. A

regional office of the Pravasi

Kshema Board has been opened

at Kozhikode. A job portal has

been opened in order to attract

more entrepreneurs to the state

and to help the youths, aiming

for jobs abroad. In order to

extend the service of the

department Norka roots has

opened offices at Kannur,

Kottayam and Thrisur districts.

They have also started satellite

offices at Chennai, Bangaluru,

Hyderabad. A help desk also was

opened at Bahrain.

Information andPublic Relations

The department has been

pl ay ing a pi vo ta l ro le in

addressing the problems of the

people and helped solving them

by enabling them get ting due

attention. Indian Institute of Mass

communication has opened a

centre at Kottayam. The

renovation works of Tagore

Theatre to transform it with

world class facilities were also

started. Through the Integrated

News Grid Scheme in order to

prov id e web ba se d ne wsdistribution the recruitment of

human power to run the project

also was started. Steps have been

taken to start video networking

at the district centres and steps

also have taken to implement

State Information Hub. The

pension of the journalists has

been increased to Rs 7000 from

Rs 4000. Chief Minister’s Mass

grievance redressal programme,

Sutharya Keralam was resumed

with a fresh style from 2011.

Digital archiving of the

newspapers has also been

started.

The government for the past

two years has enabled to bring

developments in all sectors of

the state. The will for establishing

developments and executing it

within a stipulated time frame

has made this possible. But, this

is not sufficient as we need to

travel miles and miles from hereon to bring more and more

development in to the state and

for this mission we can work

together.





A

Additional Skill AcquisitionProject has beenimplemented in selected colleges and schools in

order to make the students proficient in another subjectas well.

P K ABDU RABBMINISTER FOR EDUCATION

SSLC result published in record time

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Thunchath EzhuthachanMalayalam University cameinto existence. A dream,seemed to be longdistant, was realized atlast.

Another centre of the

famed English and ForeignLanguage University,Hyderabad will startfunctioning from this yearonwards.

A Technical University hascome into existence.

Posting for 183 nonteaching staff as part of apackage.

Text books reached theschools much earlier than

the beginning of the newacademic year.

528 additional batcheswere allotted to thehigher secondary sectionduring the academic year2011-12. Wages of the preprimary teachers havebeen raised.

Additional Skill AcquisitionProject has beenimplemented in selectedcolleges and schools inorder to make thestudents proficient inanother subject as well.

Free uniform distributionand lunch for students of A.L.P section ingovernment schools

Prof. P.A.J Lebbacommission has beeninstituted for the study of

higher secondaryeducation.

Evening courses started in23 polytechnic colleges.

New courses have beenallowed in government Arts& Science Colleges. 55new courses have beenallotted.

Measures have been takento further development of the basic infrastructure of

higher secondary schools.

SSLC result was publishedin record time.

Measures have been takento implement Prof. Jayarajcommission for the skilldevelopment of studentsdeserving specialconsideration.

All India Council forTechnical education ZonalOffice Started in

Trivandrum for thedevelopment in the field of Engineering education.


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The NationalHoney and MangoFestival 2013Organised by the Department

of Agriculture in associationwith the State Horticulture

Mission and Horticorp at the

Kanakakkunnu Palace

grounds,

Thiruvananthapuram.

Photographs by

I & PRD




Policing PeopleFriendly

Computer based digitalized set up has been implemented in 100 policestations for making crime detectionmore fruitful and efficient Decisionhas been taken to start the StateIndustrial Security Force which ismodelled on CISF

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Help desks for women for listening tothe problems faced by them

Commissionarate set up in Trivandrum &Kochi cities in accordance with theMega city plan

381 new recruits have been inductedinto the force for the last two years

Sanction was given for starting newpolice stations at Aruvikkara, Marad,Kochi, Ayiroor, Infopark,Marayamuttom, Kadampuzha,Pookkottu Padam and Kaladikkodu

Thunder Bolts, the commando wing of the force came into existence

Computer based digitalized set up hasbeen implemented in 100 police stationsfor making crime detection morefruitful and efficient

State disaster management force cameinto existence. This includes 300trained personnel for managing andhandling any disaster at any time

Student Police Cadet Project is anotherfeather in the cap of Kerala Police

Canteen facility for police personnel hasbeen started in all districts

Promotion for employees in the lowergrade. This will benefit 2500 lowergrade employees

Petitions to the police to be receivedonline

10 additional police stations will startfunctioning for the protection of coastal areas

403 new vehicles will be added to thealready well- equipped vehicular fleet of the force

Decision has been taken to start theState Industrial Security Force which ismodeled on CISF

100 speed checking cameras have been

installed along the highways for thestrict vigilance of traffic violations

A toll free number has come intoexistence for the public to informcomplaints to the vigilancedepartment.

Decision has been taken for thefunctioning of the fire rescue force ina more efficient manner than everbefore. Sanction has been given tostart new stations

Measures are in full swing for

developing Viyyur Fire and RescueServices academy to the level of international standards

Motor cycle with water mist systemstarted functioning

Various development activities arebeing implemented in the jaildepartment on a larger scale.Development activities consisting of more than Rs.154 crore are beingimplemented.

Decision has been taken to set up ahigh security jail for housing

extremists& terrorists. This is beingbuilt at Viyyur

Chappathi making by the jaildepartment has been hailed as greatsuccess. This is a great social serviceallowing people to have their lunch orsnacks at the lowest price. A parcel of 5 chappathis and chicken curry costsRs. 30 and that with vegetable currycosts Rs. 20

Many measures are taken for thewelfare of the prisoners. This includesTV set, FM radio, public addresssystem, computer labs etc. Three

crore rupees has been spent for libraryfacility and job training

A solar energy plant was commissionedin Thiruvananthapuram central jail

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Zero Landless

Zero Landless Kerala project has been declared. 3 cents of land will be allotted to the landless people in Kerala before August15th 2015.

ADOOR PRAKASHMINISTER FOR REVENUE AND COIR

Budget share of the coir sector has been raised

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Zero Landless Kerala project has beendeclared. 3 cents of land will be allottedto the landless people in Kerala beforeAugust 15th 2015.

E- district project is being carried outsuccessfully through Common ServiceCentres(C.S.C)

14 villages will selected as smartvillages. This will be a pilot project inorder to make the services from villageoffices more and more efficient.

Pre- revenue survey Adalaths were

convened by the Revenue Ministeritself.

Land tax revenue has been at its zenithduring the reign of this government.

Each panchayth will have each village.This idea has been accepted. In linewith this, preparations are going on tocreate 30 new village offices in thestate.

Fund has been earmarked in the 2013budget for the creation of 12 newTaluks in the state.

Mullaperiyar Crisis Management Plan

(MCMP) has been prepared with a viewof handling the crisis posed byMullaperiyar Dam.

Revenue land information system hasbeen introduced at Alathur -Vadakkanchery sub registrar officeswith the help of revenue-registrationdepartments. It is a pilot project.

Kerala Legal Metrology (enforcement)rule came into existence on August 172012.

Workshops were conducted inThiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and

Kozhikode for the employees of thedepartment on Legal Metrology Act2009, Rules 2012 etc.

15 new posts were created in the

department in key positions.

Measures were taken to ensure thepurity of gold and its proper billing.

Measures were taken to start Tankerlorry calibration unit, training centre atKonni.

Budget share of the coir sector has beenraised.

Wages of the workers reated to coirsector has been increased.

Working capital limit of the co-operative

societies has been raised to Rs 7.5 lakhfrom Rs 5 lakh.

Measures have been taken to strengthenhusk procurement. Incentives for thishave been raised.

PPSS was launched.

Welfare fund pension of the coir workershas been raised to Rs 500.

Coir Kerala 2013 was conducted topromote coir products both in domesticand international markets.

Cooperative societies in the primarylevel can also export coir items.

International share of the public sectorenterprises such as coir corporation andcoirfed has been raised to Rs.4 crore.

Distribution of coir geo-textiles has beenstrengthened.

Basic amenities for women workers hasbeen improved.

Modern complex for de fibering mill.

Permanent solution for coirfed economiccrisis.

Diversification of coir products. For this

many workshops were conducted.An international exhibition cum salescentre will be constituted at Alleppy onpermanent basis.

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Protecting

Water resources

Rural drinking water projectshave been successfullyimplemented. In addition to theregular 145 crore rupees fund from Central government, thisyear an addition 100 crore

rupees has been received.

P J JOSEPHMINISTER FOR WATER RESOURCES

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Drinking water distribution has beenimproved to a large extent for the lasttwo years. Cherthali and Kannurprojects have been commissioned.Trivandrum, and Kozhikode projects willbe commissioned this year itself.

Rural drinking water projects havebeen successfully implemented. Inaddition to the regular 145 crorerupees fund from Central government,this year an addition 100 crore rupeeshas been received.

Second phase of the Jala Nidhi project,with the aid of World Bank, started.

Measures have been taken to spreadrain water harvest.

3000 rain water harvesting containersare being built in 6 selectedpanchayaths.

Small scale drinking water projectswere started using ground water inselected places.

Projects for constructing check dams inorder to preserve the running water.

Measures have been taken for theproject ‘one pond in one Panchayat’.

Administrative sanction forconstructing dams at Bhavani river atAttappadi and Pambar river atPattichery.

Kerala’s arguments have gainedstrength in issues with Tamilnadu suchas Mullaperiyar, Neyyar, Aliyar,Parambikkulam, Achankovil-Vaippar etc.

The idea of new dam at Mullaperiyar wasbrought to the notice of the SupremeCourt.

The construction of the nationalwaterway is in full swing. It will becompleted by the end of this year.




Kerala Tourism

Prime Destination

A new Modern Medical Collegeat Palakkad under theScheduled Caste DevelopmentDepartment. It is the first of itskind in the country. The collegewill start functioning in 2014-

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A P ANILKUMARMINISTER FOR WELFARE OF SCHEDULEDCASTES & BACKWARD CLASSES AND TOURISM

Free cycles distributed to 51965 studens during 2011-12

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Self sufficient village projectstarted in order to change theliving standards of schedule castes.

A new Modern Medical College atPalakkad under the Scheduled CasteDevelopment Department. It is thefirst of its kind in the country. Thecollege will start functioning in2014-15.

The financial aid for SC families tobuy land doubled. Those eligible willget Rs. 1,50,000 in rural areas,

Rs.1,75,000 in Municipalities andRs. 2 lakhs in Corporation areas.

The housing aid to homeless SCfamilies enhanced from 1 lakh to 2lakhs.

Rs. 25000 for constructing toiletsto 25000 families,

3.22 core rupees subsidy weregiven to 5341 SC youth for self employment. Dairy unit, Ice-creamvending and Plant nursery wereincluded under self employmentschemes.

Special Scholarship and Text Bookgrant for SC students.

120% increase in lump sum grant,stipend, pocket money, mess feeetc.

The mess fee of students in pre-matric hostel enhanced to Rs.1750and those in Post-matric hostel isenhanced to Rs. 2000.

Under Vision 2013, 704 studentsare undergoing training.

Free cycles distributed to 51965

studens during 2011-12.Homoeo Health Centres started at29 places.

New Model Residential School in

Kuzhalmandham.

Backward DevelopmentCorporation constituted.

Pre-matric Scholarship to OBCstudents.

Rs.21125 crore income fromtourism sector.

Sea Plane Project becomes areality. In the first phase, theservice will be made available atKollam, Astamudi, Thannermukkam,

Bolgatti and Kottappuram.Comprehensive Tourism Policyformed.

Kerala Tourism gets two dozenprizes within two years.

Conducted Tube Campaign atLondon.

Ayurveda Campaign at Germany inorder t promote Kerala as Home of Ayurveda.

A mega road show conducted atSaudi Arabia in order to attract

Middle East.Kerala tourism become number onein google search.

First phase of Comprehensiveheritage tourism projectcompleted.

Administrative sanction for buildingnew guest houses at Ponmudi,Kannur, Sultanbathery, Kasargod,Munnar and Kozhikod.

Commercial and EntertainmentCentre at Vellar.

No Bakel Project Implemented forattracting international touroperators.

Extension of Responsible tourismproject to more centres.

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Now, socially

responsible

Strengthened the campaignagainst Alcoholism by joininghands with Kudumbasree, National Service Scheme,Student Police Cadet and Residents' Associations.

K BABUMINISTER FOR FISHERIES, PORTS AND EXCISE

Model fisheries village scheme launched

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Changed the Excise Departmentfrom an income earning departmentto a socially responsible one.

Strengthened the campaign againstAlcoholism by joining hands withKudumbasree, National ServiceScheme, Student Police Cadet andResidents' Associations.

Announced the Abkari Policy with aview to reduce consumption of liquor.

Help desks have been started in theExcise Headquarters and all theDistrict Head Offices to redresspublic grievances.

700 Anti-liquor Clubs started inSchools.

New scheme to give financialassistance to Governmental andNon-governmental de-addictioncentres.

A Crime Records Bureau started inthe Excise Headquarters.

Sanctioned one Mobile Liquor

Testing Laboratory atThiruvananthapuram.

Integrated Check post started atAmaravila.

New building complex for StateExcise Academy and ResearchCentre at Thrissur inaugurated.

Integrated fisheries village schemelaunched.

Model fisheries village schemelaunched.

Matsya samridhi was successfully

carried out in 887 selectedPanchayths.

Preparations for starting fish

markets with modern amenities.

Thanal Scheme, to help fishermen intimes of scarcity of income , wasintroduced.

Bio- metric card system for allfishermen introduced.

Saving Scheme for all fishermen toget them benefited from it duringtimes of scarcity was introduced.

Housing scheme for fishermen wasintroduced. 800 people have been

benefited from this so far.Arrears have been cleared onwelfare pensions.

Modern facilities for fishing in thedeep waters have been introduced.

Aquarium at Neyyar dam re-opened

Kerosene permit for 22,663 engineshas been advised. Kerosene will bedistributed through civil suppliescorporation.

90%Fishing vessel registration hasbeen achieved.

Various development schemes inharbour engineering.

Master plan for Kannur Airportapproved.

Preparations are going on forimplementing VizhinjamInternational Harbour Project.

Study on environmental issues whileimplementing the proposed harbourscheme.

Facilities for Indian navy and coastguard in the proposed Vizhinjam

harbour.Vizhinjam will be a suitable harbourfor T.E.U mother vessels.

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Everything

for People

Ashwas 2012 was introduced torecover loans. As per thisscheme 1,99,561,16 lakh rupeeshave been recovered. Moreover a concession of Rs. 5348.38have been given to debtors.

C N BALAKRISHNANMINISTER FOR CO-OPERATION KHADI ANDVILLAGE INDUSTRIES AND POLLUTION CONTROL

2039 new ‘Nanma’ Stores started

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Co-operative laws amended totally.

Headquarters for co-operative department.

7th cooperative congress and co opertative expo wasconducted at Thrissur in 2012.

Ashwas 2012 was introduced to recover loans. As perthis scheme 1,99,561,16 lakh rupees have beenrecovered. Moreover a concession of Rs. 5348.38 havebeen given to debtors.

Interest free loan scheme was sanctioned.

The limit for Risk fund scheme, to write off the loans of the deceased persons has been raised to 1 ½ lakhs from1 lakh.

Stringent measures to check market price rice.

During Festival seasons like Onam, X-Mas, Bakrid andRamzan, Consumerfed successfully intervened in themarket to control the possible price hike by selling theessential commodities.

2039 New Nanma Stores started.

54 new Neethi Stores and 12 Triveni stores started.

Triveni Mineral Water introduced.

The courses such as Electronics & Communication,Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Civil

Engineering started at Pathanapuram Engineeringcollege under CAPE.

Quality Improvement programme in the 5 colleges underCAPE.

2 crore rupees sanctioned for starting Institute of Nephrology & Urological Science at Pariyaram Medicalcollege.

Wonderful gain in the field of deposits. A sum of rupees5194.36 crore have been collected through the latestdeposit collection drive.

Kerala Deposits Security Fund Board has beenconstituted.

Scheme for generating job opportunities in Khadisector. New 4737 job opportunities generated.

SILK unit at Palakkad. 65 job opportunities will becreated when the unit start functioning




Roads toward

World class

Mono rail project will be introduced inTrivandrum and Kozhikode Corporationsin order to avoid traffic congestions.Monorail corporation is constituted.Kozhikod monorail is expected to cost1990 crore rupees as per DMRC report.The project report of

Thiruvananthapuram Monorail has been completed.

V K EBRAHIM KUNJUMINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS

Modernised the PWD manual which was published in 1972

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Most of the roads in the state were repaired androads are in good condition now.

2403 crore rupees for KSTP second phase. 1000 kmRoad heavy maintenance will be conducted. Thetender process of the three roads under thisscheme were completed.

Mono rail project will be introduced in Trivandrumand Kozhikode Corporations in order to avoidtraffic congestions. Monorail corporation isconstituted. Kozhikod monorail is expected tocost 1990 crore rupees as per DMRC report. Theproject report of Thiruvananthapuram Monorailhas been completed.

Road Infrastructure Company of Kerala for roaddevelopment.

Urban Road development project which is going onin Thiruvananthapuram under BOT annuitycondition will be extended to Calicut and Kochi.

Plan for the development of village roads. Theroads under LSGD were enhanced to Major districtroads.

8570 Km roads have been enhanced to Majordistrict roads.

Transparent and efficient e- tendering and e-payment system.

Green building policy in construction sector inorder to solve energy crisis.

Coastal corridor from Vallarpadam ContainerTerminal to Kozhikode via Ponnani. The projectcosts 1327 crore rupees.

Bypass roads are nearing completion.

Tenders invited for Kollam and Alapuzha bypasses.

Repairs of the roads to Sabarimala were completedin record time.

59.46 crore rupees for heavy maintenance atSabarimala.

Modernised the PWD manual which was published in1972.

Record gain in spending plan fund.




Packages forunder privileged

State Youth policy declared.Policy gives special thrust todevelopment of the Statethrough Youth development.

P K JAYALEKSHMIMINISTER FOR WELFARE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES, YOUTH AFFAIRS, MUSEUM & ZOOS

Laptops for Professional College students

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Special package to thetune of Rs.148 crores forimproving the livingstandards of ParticularlyVulnerable Tribal Groups.

Six Mobile Units forParticularly VulnerableTribal Groups.

Infrastructure Projectsfor Electricity, Drinkingwater, Soil Conservationworth Rs.34.52 crores forParticularly Vulnerable

Tribal Groups.Identity cards forScheduled Tribe families.This ID card is a uniquecertificate and validdocument for all Officialand other purposes.

1189 new houses forParticularly VulnerableTribal Groups.

Five Model Colonies forScheduled Tribes atKuriyottumala in Kollam,

Chalakkayam inPathanamthitta, Kunhomein Mananthavady Taluk,Vakeri in SultabatheryTaluk and Karapuzha(Paroorkunnu) in VythiriTaluk.

Laptops for ProfessionalCollege students.

Bicycles to Girl Students.

Rehabilitation Programmefor Sickle cell anemiapatients.

Special packageprogramme worth Rs.10.35crore for comprehensivedevelopment of

Idamalakkudy TribalPanchayath in Idukkidistrict.

State Youth policy declared.Policy gives special thrust todevelopment of the Statethrough Youth development.

Keralotsawam conducted.Youth Award for the bestindividual youth socialworker and youthorganization distributed.

Five day Nationalintegration camp JagaranBharat organized.

National Tribal Festival 'Gothrayanam' organized inWayanad district.

Three day State level Youngwomen's workshopconducted.

Youth literary camporganized atThiruvananthapuram.

Five day camp for drama

and theatre were organizedin all districts and a statelevel camp organized inThiruvananthapuram.

KCS Panicker Galleryrenovated to internationalstandards.

Introduced non-pollutingbattery operated vehicle inthe Thiruvananthapuramzoo campus.

500 books digitized throughhigh quality scanned images.

Entrance hall of NaturalHistory museum revamped intraditional architecture.

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Panchayats

Strengthened

Thalolam scheme implemented for children infected with cerebral palsy,heart problems, kindney disorders,nervous disorders, haemophilia,Thalismia, Sickle Cell Anaemia etc.5000 children got benefited from this.

Dr. M K MUNEERMINISTER FOR PANCHAYAT AND SOCIALWELFARE

Model Anganwadi’s in all assembly constituencies

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Gramayathra conducted in order to

strengthen grama sabhas.Created 978 Assistant SecretaryPosts, Clerical Posts in Panchayaths.

Created 400 new Assistant EngineerPosts in LSGD Engineering Division.

The honorarium for electedrepresentatives of Panchayathsenhanced to Rs. 1000. An increaseof Rs. 1000 was also announced inthe current year.

Free Sim card to the Presidents, VicePresidents and Secretaries of LSGInstitutions.

A new research centre, South AsianSchool of Local Governance startedat KILA.

International Meet onDecentralisation conducted at KILA.

State Biodiversity Register is underpreparation. More than 500Panchayaths had already preparedthe register.

Kalagramam will be formed at everypanchayaths in order to enhanceand preserve our folklore arts and

culture.Nirbhaya scheme for the protectionof women and children.

Nirbhaya Shelter home started atThiruvananthapuram.

Gender Parks planned atMalappuram, Ernakulam andThiruvananthapuram districts.

Regional Centre for PhysicallyHandicapped and Researchproposed.

Model Anganwadi’s in all assembly

constituencies.450 anganwadi’s will be renovatedand remodelled with the help of NABARD. It is proposed to renovate

and remodel 5 Anganwadi’s in each

assembly constituency.Early detection and prevention of disability will be implemented inDistrict Hospitals.

Anganwadi Worker’s and Helper’sWelfare Fund Board constituted.Families of 66,000 Anganwadiworkers and helpers will getbenefited.

She-toilets in busy cities and towns.23 she-toilets started functioning inThiruvananthapuram.

200 cochlear implantation surgeryunder the scheme Sruthi Tharangam.200 more surgeries will be done in2013.

Aswasa Kiranam project will beextended to the whole state. Atpresent 40,000 people get thebenefit of this scheme.

Thalolam scheme implemented forchildren infected with cerebralpalsy, heart problems, kindneydisorders, nervous disorders,haemophilia, Thalismia, Sickle CellAnaemia etc. 5000 children got

benefited from this.22,500 new Ayalkoottams formed.

Rs. 559.98 crore rupees given asloan to new 30,020 Ayalkoottamsunder Bank Linkage Campaign.

17 buds schools for mentallyretarded children. Vehicles allottedto 33 buds schools.

Buds-Ajeevika project started.

Plan to start 978 Farmers’Facilitation Centres.

Nirbhaya Balaparliaments conducted

at 700 LSGIs. Crime Mapping Processfinished in 10 panchayaths with theactive participation of people.




Urbans becomemore urban

Solid waste treatment plants withmodern technologies will be installed in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam,Kochi and Kozhikod Corporations,Kottayam and Kannur Municipalitiesunder PPP Mode

MANJALAMKUZHI ALIMINISTER FOR URBAN AFFAIRS AND WELFAREOF MINORITIES

Kerala Waste Management Company in the model of SIAL formed

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Municipal Building Act Amended in orderto benefit the public.

Sustainable Urban developmentprojects in Thiruvananthapuram,Kollam, Thrissur and Kozhikod with anADB aid of Rs. 1522 crore.

Development Master Plan for urbandevelopment. The master plan of 32corporations have been completed.

Rajiv Awas Yojana Project will beimplemented.

Solid waste treatment plants withmodern technologies will be installed inThiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kochiand Kozhikod Corporations, Kottayamand Kannur Municipalities under PPPMode.

Small scale waste treatment plantswith a capacity of 25 to 35 tonnes,Plastic Shredding Units etc. will beinstalled in municipalities under KSUDP.

Kerala Waste Management Company inthe model of SIAL formed.

In order to equip the students andcandidates under the minoritycommunity for competitiveexaminations, coaching centresstarted in all districts.

The welfare fund pension scheme of Madrassa teachers made interest-free. 10,000 Madrassa teachersalready registered under this scheme.

Minority promoters appointed in allpanchayaths.

Proposed to start State MinorityCommission having the right of civilcourts.

2.5 lakh rupees financial aid to

minority women self help groups.Study tables and chairs distributed toeconomically backward minoritystudents.




Health Care

with a vision

Supplying generic medicine free of costfor all patients that seek treatment atgovernment hospitals regardless of APL/BPL difference. This is beingcarried out by Kerala Medical ServicesCorporation successfully.

V S SIVAKUMARMINISTER FOR HEALTH, FAMILY WELFARE ANDDEVASWOM

E-health programme introduced

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Unique health policy and mental health

policy for the state for the first time,in the history of Kerala, is inprogress.

Eight new medical colleges are aboutto start in the government sector.

Supplying generic medicine free of cost for all patients that seektreatment at government hospitalsregardless of APL/BPL difference. Thisis being carried out by Kerala MedicalServices Corporation successfully.

Karunya Pharmacies have beeninstituted for helping patients to have

medicines at the lowest price. Peopleget 20 to 90% discount on medicinesthrough these pharmacies.

216 new posts for doctors in thegeneral category have been created.30 posts have been created in thespecialist category.

J.S.S.K project has been introduced.This is to ensure free treatment formother and baby. Delivery and theprotection of the baby for 30 days willbe on free of charge.

New born screening system for early

detection of genetic disorders suchas autism, retardation, epilepsy etc.

New born babies’ treatment centresin 59 selected government hospitals.

School Health Project is going on

successfully in 13,270 schools. This willbenefit 48 lakh students.

Iron folic acid nutritional schemelaunched.

Disha – exam helpline facility (24 hrs)started in order to reduce stress andanxiety among students during examperiod.

Amrutham Arogyam project forchallenging life-style diseases.

Palliative Care system is now available inall Taluk hospitals.

More dialysis units have been institutedin government hospitals.

Cancer treatment facility in alldistricts.

Public health laboratories in all PHC’s

108 ambulance facility in all districts.

General hospital Ernakulam gets NABHaccreditation for the first time India.

NABH accreditation for Thycaud Womenand Child Hospital. This is the first of itskind in India.

Accreditation for Cherathala Taluk

Hospital (NABH). This is the first of itskind in India

Kerala Accreditation standards forHospitals (KASH) scheme is being

implemented in all government hospitals

in a phased manner. This is to ensurebest treatment for all patients.

Arogya adalaths were held to addressthe issues of the public relating tohealth care system.

A clinical establishment bill is underpreparation for controlling thefunctioning of the private labs. This isto ensure error free report from thoselabs.

E-health programme introduced.

Panmasala and ghutka has been banned.

Measures have been taken topopularize homeopathic treatment.

25 crore rupees for Sabarimala Masterplan and 5 crore rupees for Zero WasteSabarimala has been allotted in thelatest budget.

Cleansed Pampa and Sannidhanam area.

67 crore rupees for renovating theroads connected to Sabarimala.

1.10 crore rupees allocated for PoliceMess.

Safe Zone Project for Motor Vehicle

Department implemented.Security measures tightened byinstalling modern amenities.




Extracts from the draft report of the Kerala Perspective Plan 2030

Strategy for a

sustained growth

T

he Kerala Perspective Plan is a State

Planning Board initiative that will serve as

the basis for implementation of a series of

initiatives aimed at fostering sustained growth of economy over the next 20 years. The

Perspective Plan of Kerala 2030 is a strategic

articulation of its development, vision, mission, goals,

and objectives and a high level strategy to achieve

them. It specifies an action plan around the

framework of resources, competencies and

capacities. It identifies critical challenges; provides

a strategic framework for suitable and inclusive

growth drawing on international experiences; sets

developed country benchmarks for Kerala;

examines the best regional and international

prac ti ces and prov ides the ra ti onale fo r

development planning and resource requirement.

The plan will be implemented through the next four

Plans starting from the 2012-2016 Plan.

The VisionIt is envisaged that Kerala will be a globally-oriented

knowledge hub, in the distinguished league of the world’s

leading knowledge hubs. “It

will be a prosperous,

dynamic, knowledge-

driven,

competitive and

eco-efficient

economy in

the

distinguished

league of the

world’s

advanced

economies

with a spirit of

entrepreneurship,

innovation,

tolerance and

diversity.”

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The Mission

The Mission is to achieve“Sustainable Economic

Prosperity.” Quality is not enough-

quality matters is the mission

statement. Sustainable Prosperity

means the prosperity for the

present without compromising

the prosperity of future

generations. Four dimensions of

this prosperity are:

Economic prosperity

With the aim of achieving

the high income status

equivalent to Nordic countries

(Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and

Norway) by 2040, Kerala will

achieve the standards of a high

middle income by 2030.

Human prosperity

Quality of life will be shaped

by access to, and quality and

affordability of services namely

health, education, and effective

and clean governance.

Social prosperity

Equal opportunity for every

person residing in Kerala

irrespective of gender,

caste and origin for

intellectual, personal and

professional growth.

Green prosperity

Preserve the natural wealth

of Kerala for future generations.

The major goals are:

i. Achieve annual per capita

income of USD 36,000 by

2040 from the current USD

4700.

ii. With structural growth rates

of a. 2% in Agriculture

b. 9% in Manufacturing

c. 9% in Construction

d. 7.5% in Communication

e . 10% in Educa tion and

Health sectors

iii. Brand Kerala as a global

education and health hub.

iv. Increase the share of

education and health

sectors in GDP to 10%

v. Health security for all

vi. Reduction in

a. Unemployment rate to 4%

b. Gini Coefficient to 23%

c. Poverty rate to 1%

vii. Increasing high standards of

living with focus on the

growth of smart urban and

rural areas.

viii.Upgrade ecosystems,

biod iv er si ty, re so urce s,

through sustainable

prod uc tion sy st ems an d

consumption.ix. Protect wetland

x. Conserve the World Heritage

bio-diversity of Western Ghats

xi. 20% increase in energy and

water use efficiency.

The NewDevelopment Strategy

The New development

strategy proposed for Kerala is a

knowledge-driven Sustainable

Development Strategy. It will

integrate the principles of social just ice an d en vi ro nm en ta l

protection such that the social

and environment capital

complement physical capital to

push the economy to the virtuouscircle of knowledge- driven

sustainable development

process. There are 4 pillars for

the new development strategy.

Building human capacity to

meet the demands of a

knowledge society through

knowledge creation and

dissemination in the context

of a developing country

region.

Creating conducive businessenvironment for utilising

knowledge

Integrating social

development dimensions

Enhancing natural capital.

A leapfrogging is essential

for transformation which is the

first principle adopted when

formulating the perspective plan.

The new strategy proposed here

is based on the systems

approach to planning. Thisapproach would require

coordinated efforts of all the

government departments,

production systems, communities,

NGOs and people to achieve

certain goals. Implementation of

this plan requires a bottom up

approach with local

governments playing a key role

in grass-root planning and its

implementation.

Vision 2030

Some of the major sectoral

perspective plans present in this

section are:

EducationKerala will be a node to

global knowledge network by

2030. It will accomplish

distinctive expertise in

education. The goals are

100% enrolment in primary

schools

95% of all young people

shall complete general or

vocational upper secondary

education by 2015.

50% of all young people

shall complete a higher

education programme by

2015.

The Perspective Plan of Kerala 2030 is a

strategic articulation of its development, vision,mission, goals, and objectives and a high levelstrategy to achieve them. It specifies an action

plan around the framework of resources,competencies and capacities. It identifies criticalchallenges; provides a strategic framework for suitable and inclusive growth drawing oninternational experiences; sets developed country benchmarks for Kerala




Is the Perspective Plan 2030 going to be a Unique one,what is the difference betweenthis and a Vision Document?

A vision document is something similar

to what our former Rastrapathi Dr. APJ Abdul

Kalam presented in the Assembly. It is more

than a presentation in terms of a broad

direction. But a perspective plan is

something which goes more into detail on

what the state should be doing by examining

the various scenarios.

Neither Government of India nor any

other State government has ventured on

such an exercise. Vision documents are

there. But a perspective plan is one which

focuses on individual sectors and which

discusses what can be done, what are the

problems that we face etc. It is actually a

document which discusses the key areas

that the state needs to focus on and that to

over a very long period. It is because of this

the Chief Minister talked about building a

consensus on the Plan. The consensus once

arrived at would mean that irrespective of

which party is in power, this plan will get

followed. Because one thing is very clear,

the People of Kerala need to know in which

direction we are going and what we need

to do and this is the way that we would like

to go forward.

What prompted State planningBoard to prepare a document for Vision 2030?

The State Planning Board was asked by

our honourable Chief Minister Oommen

Chandy to prepare a document for long-

term development. The Planning Board has

State Planning Board Member G. Vijayaraghavan spoke toKerala Calling on Vision 2030. Excerpts

Kerala will account for 50%

of India’s export in education

service by 2030.

Health

Our state has already built

the foundation for accessibility

to health care for all citizens at

the time of formation of the

presen t Kera la st at e on

Nove mb er 1, 19 56 . De sp it e

intensive efforts by the state,

some challenges are remaining;

related to health status, health

infrastructure and health

financing. The goals are:

Increase the health

expenditure to GSDP ratio

from 0.6% in 2012 to 4-5% by

2027-31.

Eradication of

communicable diseases.

Increase the number of

hospital beds to 24/10,000

population, and the number

of nurses to 60/10,000

population and the number

of doctors to 10/10,000

population by 2030.

Set up the medical cities by

2030.

Achieve at least 50% share

of medical tourism in India.Information Technology

Kerala has made

tremendous progress in infusing

ICT in its society and economy. It

is one of the leaders in spread of

tele density, internet, especially

broadband and computers. In the

knowledge economy of Kerala,

digital technologies and

information will combine to

drive productivity and create

new growth opportunities acrossthe whole economy. It will

catapult Kerala to the big league

by enabling digitalization of

information and therebywidening access of that

information to people in a

transparent manner.

Agriculture

A new paradigm has

emerged that recognizes

agriculture’s role in

development in the emerging

context of sustainable

development even while its

overall contribution to GDP

declines. This paradigm requirestraditional agriculture to

transform rapidly into a modern

sector through the adoption of

science-based technology and

entrepreneurial approach. Therewill be a paradigm shift from

subsistence farming to

knowledge intensive

competitive agriculture which

will bring prosperity not only for

this generation but also future

generations. The young

generation will take pride and

dignity in agriculture as an

occupation.

Industry

Industrial developmentactivities in Kerala started as

early as in the middle of the 19th

Century. During the decade of

1934 ti11 1948 several industries

A perspective plan for long-term development




decided to prepare a Perspective Plan for

2030. We are working very closely with the

National Council of Applied Economic

Research, New Delhi to prepare this. This

has been going for more than a year now

with various consultations with experts at

National level, State level and there have

been various focus group discussions. Based

on which a broad draft has now been prepared. This draft document was initially

presen ted to the cabinet, based on there

inputs some changes has been done. Then

it was presented to the MLAs, then the youth.

The presentation to the Youth was important

mainly because the Plan covers a period

when todays youth will be in positions of

power of decision making.

This is the first time that the youth are involved in a longterm policy matter discussion.

Why so? This is because of the clear cut vision of

our Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. One

of the things that came up in the discussion

with the Chief Minister is that, when such an

exercise is done, when we talk about a Vision

Document of 2030, we are talking of a period

when the present youth will be in important

positions. So it is necessary to consult them

as you prepare for 2030. And as part of that

there were meeting with the youth. Mainly

Students of Economics from various colleges

in Kerala. We have held discussions with

them and their feedback has been taken

into account. Similarly the draft will be

circulated among all stakeholders. Based

on their feedback, the final report would be put up for discussion on the website for

public access. Everybody’s comments will

be taken into account. This will also be

discussed with party leaders and final

document will be prepared.

Which are the major challenges in the growthsector?

There are macro level as well as socio-

economic challenges, our State is facing.

Till 1986, the rate of growth in our social

indices was good. But our economic growthwas not okay. From 1986 onwards we have

seen economic growth however there have

been challenges in maintaining our progress

on the social side. When one studies the

growth it is sad to see that if you remove the

growth due to remittances and the growth

due to remittances, tourism and

construction, you find that the state has been

stagnating. This is not a good in the long

term. What it indirectly means is that if

something happens in the areas from where

we are getting our remittances, the state

will be getting into a very serious situation.

This has to be addressed immediately

Is this problem addressed in

this vision document Yes. There are various scenarios which

have been looked. The main three

scenarios which are discussed in this

document are: Growth after assuming that

Banking, Communication Growth rates will

be th e sa me as the na tion al av erag e;

Growth rates in banking, communication

and construction; Growth after decline in

remittances.

Which are the other factorsthat we need to address?

The other factors are Unemployment,

Inequity, Poverty, Social Challenges such as

gender issues, social exclusion and

Alcoholism, and Human Development and

Demographic Challenges etc. Keeping all

this in mind, the vision document is

prepared.

were established in Travancoreand Cochin areas. Currently, the

industrial sector is characterised

by several challenges, such as

low share of industry in GSDP, low

quality industrial growth due to

a rather small share of

manufacturing, low sided

composition of industries etc.

The Vision

Establish Kerala as one of

the most attractive locations for

business investments in Asia.Kerala will develop the

industrial sector that is

dominated by high value added

activities, Innovation-driven and

Socially and environmentallysustainable. The goals are:

Increase the share of

manufacturing from current

8% to 10% of GSDP by 2030.

Shift in the structure of

industry from resource-

driven in favour of

efficiency- driven over the

next 20 years and then to

efficiency-driven by 2030.

The share of registered

sector in totalmanufacturing will rise to

20%.

Adoption of clean

production systems.

TourismTourism is a significant and

vital industry to Kerala. It has

great strategic importance for

the Kerala economy due to its

capacity for wealth-generation

and job-creation. It is one of the

growth driving sectors where

Kerala has clear competitive

advantages.

The vision is to introduce

newer products for leisure

tourism, such as Tourism tied to

handloom villages, Cashew

investment zones, coir investment

zones

Cruise tourism, hydro-

tourism

Annual International Indian

and Carnatic Music Festivalin Thrissur

Tribal Village tourism in

Wayanad

Adventure tourism of

international standards.

The report comprises of

three volumes. The first part, as

described above dealt with an

overview of the characteristics

of the Kerala economy; analyses

its growth patterns from 1956

onwards; identifies issues and challenges and benchmarks the

state with comparable countries

and regions. Volume II deals

with the sectoral perspective

plans with situational analyses,

diagnostics, regional and

international benchmarking,

projections for future growth,

detailed strategies, its impact on

the economy and resource

requirements. Volume III

describes the key elements of the new strategy that will realize

the vision for Kerala, drawing on

the discussions provided in the

above two volumes.




dreaded cancer. Now I am scot

free in the medical check-up last

week even though I suffer from

other supplementary ailments.’’

Kollam Thulasi, the film doyen

of Malayalam revealed his fatal

life-story before an audience last

month in the capital city. Helooks quite ok and spoke

eloquently. He spent nearly five

hours in the seminar attended

by the Finance Minister K.M

Mani and senior journalists. The

function was organised by the

Kesary Memorial Journalist Trust

with the support of State Lotteries

Department on the Expansion

and Promotion of Karunya

Benevolent Scheme.

He said: “Nobody needsscared of cancer if one accrues

the support of Karunya, the treat-

ment of RCC (Regional Cancer

Centre, Thiruvananthapuram)

and the essential will power. I

killed the cancer who came to

kill me with these three forces.’’

In fact, Kollam Thulasi who

hails from the lucrative film

industry and drawing a

handsome pension himself found

it difficult to meet the mammoth

treatment expenses. Thus he

approached the Lottery

department for financial

assistance from Karunya. If this

is the case of a well-to-do

gentleman, the poor and under-

privileged would be in more

trouble. Now 10,307 beneficiaries

of Karunya Benevolent Fund

share more or less the same sort

of consolation Kollam Thulasi

enjoyed. Rs. 111 crores has

already reached the poor people

in this regard. This is a healing

figure as far as the poor is

concerned for no other option

is open to them otherwise in such

a scale.Karunya is in fact a novel

scheme to support the needy

irrespective of APL, BPL

difference. It is a flagship welfare

R VENUGOPAL

Karunya

Benevolence

IncredibleI

was a villain on the silver

screen for so many years.

But a rather powerful

villain hit me down about

one year ago and I fell down. I

was about to die. I realized the

fag end of my life- my friends, the

real relatives, the hard realitiesand so forth. But unbelievably, I

managed to subdue my enemy

within. I returned to life. The

enemy was none, but the





the department has registered a

record sale of Rs. 2779 cr., Rs. 1015

cr. has been given back to the

people as prize money. Agents

and sellers were benefited with

an almost equal share of Rs. 904

cr. vide commission and

discount. Net profit of Rs. 776 cr

went to the exchequer be ne fi tt in g the ov eral l

development of the state.

It is also note-worthy that the

department, reaching all-time

high is on the threshold of

modernization. The draw, now

being taken manual ly will be

done using specially designed

machine soon. The trial and error

test, public and media interface

and liaison with trade union

representatives were all carried

out. The government has

accorded administrative

sanction for the draw machine.

The payments by the agents in

the district lottery offices are to

be done through State Bank. This

is supposed to be a hallmark

achievement enhancing the

efficacy of district offices as well

as reducing the work load.

scheme of the UDF government.

The government has initiated

Karunya weekly lottery through

the State Lottery Department

and the entire profit has been

earmarked for treatment

assistance. A separate wing

Karunya Benevolent Fund

(KBF) has started on 26th

February 2012 under the

department. So far the

department has conducted 84

draws of Karunya lottery striking

a grand collection of Rs. 694 cr

and net profit of Rs. 154 cr. No

other state is known to have

derived such a benevolent

scheme utilizing lotteries.

The scheme is applicable to

all who draws an annual

income below three lakhs of

rupees. The only document the

pa ti en t or re la ti ve ha s to

produce is his/her rat ion card

supporting the claim of income.

No ot he r ag en cy, st at egovernment or non government

sector offers so liberal aid for

medical treatment at par with

Karunya. The only other criterion

is the respective doctor’s

authentication of treatment. The

patient is eligible for treatment

in all Medical Colleges, District

and other hospitals in the

government sector as well as 48

accredited hospitals in the non-

government sector. The coverage

includes treatment for heart,

liver, kidney, lung diseases,

cancer and hemophilia. It is also

applicable to emergency

surgeries, organ transplantation

and peritoneal dialysis. Recently,

the Finance Minister announced

coverage for applicants applying

within 48 hrs of emergency

surgeries and hemophilia to all

ailing members of a family (In

other cases, the coverage is

limited to the family).

In addition, the government

has decided to start Karunya

Dialysis Centres in Alappuzha,

Kottayam and Thrissur Medical

Colleges. The centres inThiruvananthapuram and

Kozhikode Medical Colleges are

nearing completion. Each unit is

given Rs. 2.9cr and comprises of

10 dialysis machines. Also, the

Medical Services Corporation is

entrusted with the task of

supplying medicine and other

equipments to the needy. An

array of advertisements cast by

mainstream film actors free of

cost helped Karunya to become

popular.

This year is all time

remarkable in the annals of StateLotteries not only with its unique

brand of benevolence but also

with the record revenue and

other welfare measures. While

Karunya, the brain-child of

Finance Minister KM Mani was

announced by him in his budget

speech in 2011-12. His devotion

to Karunya was obvious in the

interaction with senior journal-

ists. He had accepted almost all

the major recommendations re-

lated to the scheme at once. As

the department achieve new

heights in revenue, the poor willalso benefit vide Karunya in

years to come.

The writer is PublicityOfficer, Kerala State Lotteries


Karunya, the brain-child of FinanceMinister KM Mani wasannounced by him in

his budget speech in2011-12. His devotionto Karunya wasobvious in theinteraction withsenior journalists. Hehad accepted almostall the major recommendationsrelated to the scheme

at once. As thedepartment achievenew heights inrevenue, the poor willalso benefit videKarunya in years tocome.




medium and small towns along

the National Highways and State

Highways are also facing the

same situation.

Thiruvananthapuram, the

2nd largest city of the State, has

to accommodate substantial

floating population. The

T h i r u v a n a n t h a p u r a m

Corporation has an area of

214.86 sq.km with a population

of 9.6 lakhs (2011 census) plus.

The only mode of public

transportation, now available in

the city is bus services, owned

by Kerala State Road Transport

Corporation (KSRTC) and

private operators.

The National Highway 66

(previously NH 47) crosses the

The traffic scenario in

most of the cities of

Kerala are getting

worse day by day due

to the unprecedented explosion

in the number of personal

vehicles, inadequate road width,

lack of parking space other

societal activities on the road

sides and unplanned urban land

use development that has

happened in the past. The cities

like Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi

and Kozhikod has reached the

limit and cannot go forward without immediate intervention

regarding the traffic

management and infrastructure

development. All the adjacent

B G SREEDEVI


Studies have reported that Bus Rapid systemis ideal for mass transport for PHPDT lessthan 6000 only. Monorail is therecommended option up to PHPDT of 16,000

for a life cycle cost per seat. Metro is the bestoption of PHPDT of more than 20,000. Thetraffic studies carried out has identified thecorridor from Technocity (Pallipuram) to Neyyattinkara along NH 66 as the corridor needing a mass transport systemimmediately.




city in the North South directionwith a length of 80 Km in the

district. The National highway

byepass originally planned from

Kazhakkuttam to Kaliyikkavila

for a length of 43 Kms stopped at

Kovalam in the 1st phase and

the 2nd phase is yet to be started.

The state Highway 1 also named

as Main Central Road (MC

Road) which ends at Angamally

and the Kollam – Shenkotta

Road (upgraded to NH) alsoserves the city. The City Road

Improvement Project (CRIP)

phase I which envisaged 42.58

km of road widening is in the

last stages of completion.

The components coming

under this project are widening,

strengthening and geometric

improvements of 13 corridors, 4

additional links, improvement of

65 junctions, construction of two

flyovers, 5 minor bridges, oneunder pass, widening of Pettah

ROB and provision of road side

appurtenance s, signs and

marking for all the above roads.

This project could have eased

the traffic congestion in spite of

the vehicle growth. But the lack

of parking spaces which was not

envisaged originally is

demanding uncontrollable road-

side parking which in turn has

reduced the capacity of theroads. Identical situation exists

in other cities also.

The Central Railway station

has 5 platforms and handles

more than 70,000 passengers a

day with more than 100 trains

(including 30 goods trains). The

International Airport operates

daily flights to all important

places including Gulf countries

in addition to domestic flights.

These facilities also add to thetraffic in the city.

The peak hour traffic along

the busy National Highway

stretch inside the city has

crossed 7,000 in 2012 which is

projected to 14,000 in the year

2041. As per the studies, the peak

hour traffic in PCU/hr for the year

2012 is 3,341 for

Kesavadasapuram - Ulloor, 2,468

for Ulloor – Sreekariyam and

2,524 for Sreekariyam – Kazhakkoottam stretches which

warrants four lane capacity at

present.

The total number of

vehicles having valid registration

in the district as on 31.03.2010 is

7,21,769 with more than 50% of

two-wheelers. The traffic of the

outer cordon points of the city

as on 2011 is shown in Table 1.

Uder the circumstances,mass transportation system has

to be implemented for our cities

at the earliest. Public Transport

occupies less road space and

causes less pollution per

pa ssen ge r th an pe rson al

vehicles. Hence this is more

sustainable form of transport. All

state capitals as well as other

cities with a population of more

than one million to start with

should be planned for highcapacity public transport

systems. Various proven

technologies around the world

should be looked at. The

technology should best suit the

city requirements for a minimum

of 30 years. There is a need for

establishing quality focused

multi-modal public transport

systems that are well integrated,


Table 1

Vettu road Chittazha Karakulam Kachani Kundamon Mangattu Nemom Mukkola(MC Road) kadavu Kadavu

No.of Vehicles per day 37599 13844 18269 3629 20379 11248 19984 18998

PCU per day 41819 15998 16949 4803 19403 8525 24066 20658




providing seamless travel across

modes.

Quality and pricing of Public Transport

So far, fares for public transport

have been set on the premises that,

this mode of travel is used by the poor, who have no other means of

meeting their travel needs. As such,

fares have been kept low as a

measure of social equity. This has

resulted in most public transport

systems being unable to recover

their operating costs. It has, in fact,

encouraged poorly operated systems

that have been financially

sustainable only through serious

compromises on the quality of the

service they render. In the presentday context, however, public

transport serves another social

purpose. It helps reduce congestion

and air pollution, if users of personal

vehicles can be persuaded to shift

to public transport. Their needs are,

however, for improved quality and

not so much for low fares. It is

therefore, necessary to think of

different types of public transport

services for different segments of

commuters.

Technologies for PublicTransport

There is a wide spectrum of

public transport technologies. At

one end is high capacity, but high

cost technologies like

underground metro systems and

at the other are low capacity bus

systems running on a shared right

of way. Within these extremes

are a range of intermediate

possibilit ies, such as buses on

dedicated rights of way, elevated

sky bus and monorail systems,

electric trolley buses etc. While

some of them are most effective

over high density trunk corridors,

others prove useful as feeder

systems or subsystems that serve

limited sub areas within a city.

Similarly, there are examples

of available waterways being

taken advantage of public

transport and also systems likeropeways that suit hilly terrains.

While the high capacity rail

systems and buses on shared

rights of way are the only one’s

tried out in India, several of the

others have proved successful in

other parts of the world. Electric

trolley buses have been running

in San Francisco. New Bus Rapid

Transit systems (BRTS) have

become very popular in cities

like Bogota (Colombia) and Curritiba (Brazil).

Each of these technologies

has its unique characteristics

and is best suited to a specific

situation. Factors such as the

urban form, terrain, availability

of waterways, level of demand,

direction and extent of sprawl,

projections for future growth,

extent of population density etc.

are major determinants of the

technology that should be

chosen. While rail-based systems

seem to suit dense cities with

limited sprawl and only a few

spinal corridors, bus systems

seem better where urban

densities are lower and the city

has spread over a large area.

Given the wide range of possibilities, it is not possible to

pr escr ibe a pa rt icul ar

technology in a generic policy

and such a choice will have to

be made as a part of city specific

land use and transport plans. It

would also depend on the kind

of city that would need to evolve

at the particular location.

Several Mass Transit options

are available that include both

the rail and bus system. There isno single right or wrong

technology since much depends

on the local circumstances. The

factors affecting technology

choice include capital costs

(infrastructure and land costs),

operational costs, design and

implementation considerations,

pe rformanc e an d ec onom ic ,

social and environmental

impacts.

The advantages and disadvantages of some of the

available public transport

technologies also indicating the

technologies that best suit

H eavy Rail Transit system is

a system using rails of high

performance, electrically

powered rail cars operating

in exclusive rights-of-way,

usually without grade

crossings. Metro is the most

common international term

for Heavy Rail Transit. Thissystem is the most expensive

form of MRT, but has the

highest capacity.

Automated Guideway

Transit is any guided transit

The availableoptions for transit

system include

In the present daycontext, however,

public transportserves another social purpose. Ithelps reducecongestion and air pollution, if users of personal vehiclescan be persuaded toshift to public

transport. Their needs are, however,for improved quality and not somuch for low fares.It is therefore,necessary to think of different types of public transport

services for different segmentsof commuters.





mode with fully automated operation

(i.e., no drivers); however, the term

usually is applied to systems

employing vehicle technologies other

than those used for conventional rail

systems.

Monorail (MRL) is guided transit

mode with vehicles riding on orsuspended from a single rail, beam,

or tube. It is high quality, ultra-

modern and passenger-oriented mass

transit system that delivers fast,

comfortable, economical and eco-

friendly mobility to urban dwellers.

Vehicles may employ steel wheel or

rubber tire support.

Light Rail Transit (LRT) is a rail transit

technology capable of providing a

broad range of passenger capacities.

It is most commonly referred to as

“streetcars” or “trolleys”.

Commuter Rail is a mode of

transportation that is based on

operating passenger trains on the

tracks of the general railroad system,

which is shared with freight trains.

BRT : The bus technology family for

rapid transit systems is broadly

categorized as Bus Rapid Transit, or

BRT. BRT is a bus operation generally

characterized by use of exclusive or

reserved rights-of-way (busways) that

permit higher speeds and avoidance

of delays from general traffic flows.

Maglev (derived from magneticlevitation), is a system of

transportation that uses magnetic

levitation to suspend, guide and

propel vehicles from magnets rather

than using mechanical methods, such

as wheels, axles and bearings.

different local situations.

Studies have reported that

Bus Rapid system is ideal for

mass transport for PHPDT less

than 6000 only. Monorail is the

recommended option up to

PHPDT of 16,000 for a life cycle

cost per seat. Metro is the best

option of PHPDT of more than

20,000. The traffic studies carried

out has identified the corridor

from Technocity (Pallipuram) to Neyyattinkara along NH 66 as the

corridor needing a mass

transport system immediately. A

monorail system which can

accommodate sharp curves up

to 60 m radius and gradient upto

6% which can meet the ridership

requirement has been found to

be su it ab le fo r

Thiruvananthapuram.

As per the Detailed Project

Report, the first phase of the proj ec t co vers a di st an ce of

22.48 kms with 19 stations starting

from Technocity to Karamana.

The stations are Technocity,

Pallipuram, Kaniyapuram, ,

Kazhakootam Jn, Kariyavattom,

Gurumandiram, Pangappara,

Sreekariyam, Pongumoodu,

Ulloor, Kesavadasapuram, Pattom,

Plamoodu, Palayam, Secretariat,

Thampanoor, Killipalam and Karamana.

Land acquisition for the

monorail system is minimum

(only in stations and depots) and

is around Rs. 479 crores including

the land value, compensation of

build ings and depot land (30

acres). For the full length of the

monorail corridor, alignment

formation is estimated to Rs.1168

crores. Based on the Mumbaimonorail project, each station

building is estimated to Rs. 8.26

crores. For the 35 stations, the

cost is estimated to Rs.289 crores.

For traction and power supply,

the rate per kilometer is

estimated at Rs.9 crores and the

total cost estimated for thiscomponent is Rs.377 crores. In

the case of signaling and

telecommunications, the

estimated cost is Rs. 7.31 crores

per kilometer, which indicates

the cost of signalling and

telecommunication at Rs. 305

crores for the complete project.

Provision for costs for

switches and crossings,

miscellaneous utilities, road

works, civil works not considered

above and for providing feeder

service is given as lump sum of

RS.300 crores. In addition, design

charges are provided with 5% of

the estimated cost of the project,

but exc lud ing land value and

compensation for buildings.

Another 5% is provided for

contingency expenses. Taxes

and duties are also added at 20%

of the cost. With all the above

components, the total cost of the

project is estimated as Rs. 5099crores, with Rs. 2775 crores in

Phase I and Rs. 2324 crores in

Phase II. The cost works out to

Rs. 125 cr. per kilometer for the

phase I and Rs. 118.7 crores per

kilometer for phase II.

It is expected that Phase I of

the project can be completed

in 5 years time including the four

laning of the Kazhakkuttam –

Kesavadasapuram road. Even

before Phase I is completed,extension of Phase II can be

considered.

The writer is Director, NATPAC

Each of these technologies has itsunique characteristics and is bestsuited to a specific situation. Factorssuch as the urban form, terrain,availability of waterways, level of demand, direction and extent of sprawl, projections for future growth,extent of population density etc. are

major determinants of thetechnology that should be chosen.



KIRAN RAM

StepsFruitful

Time and tide waits for no man. A stitch in

time saves nine. Such dictums indicates

that timely action and decision have its

importance. Jana pakshachuvadukal (steps for

people’s welfare) published by Information and

Public relations Dept., a collection of

governement orders, is not just a book of

collected records. But it reflects the soul and

will of a govt. The book also reflects the

perseverance taken, some times by burning themidnight oil, and the keen interest in going

through the miseries and agonies of even

destitute. Changing the conventional parameters

of development such as bridges, roads and multi

crore projects, it also reveals how the decisions

of the Govt could untie the red tape of the

definitely effect the life of the people.

The first order given in the book is about the

hike effected in the annual income from 20,000 to

one lakh for getting financial benefits from the Chief Minister’s relief fund. The Chief Minister can also

sanction amount up to 10,000 for treatment in

special cases. Amount up to one lakh is allotted by

the Chief Minister in cases of death due to disaster.

Amount exceeding one lakh will be allotted with

the approval of the cabinet. The modifications In

the orders came to effect from 11th of April 2012.

This order benefits more people from getting

financial assistance of Govt.

Though the Govt. has issued orders during 2008,

sanctioning pension to widows having matured son,

under BPL category, it did not work accordingly

resulting in delay and denial. The complaints were

many that received during the mass contact

programme, regarding the non receipt of pension.

Thus the Govt. has further clarified in a circular

about the right of the widows under BPL on getting

pension. It also warns the officials from denying

pension to the eligible.

Inhabitants, in buildings, which fall under the

shadow of doubt of being built by violating the rules,

cannot be denied the right to vote. They need

proper documents to include their names in the

voters list, and to get new ration cards. The dead

lock was cleared by the Govt. by entitling local self

governments to issue temporary building permits

in such cases. It is applicable to completed buildings,with an area up to 300 square feet only. The G.O

also ensures action against illegal construction, on

finding it in detailed enquiry.

salary bills without counter

signature.

Incorpora ting rules by

including dependent widowed daughters , divorced daughters

(till re marriage or death),

disabled sons/daughters in the

list of kerala freedom fighters

continuous pension. Revision in

quantum of assistance under the

santhwana scheme introduced

through Norka department

providing help to the pravasis.

Sanctioning grant for eligible law

graduates belonging to

backward classes, for starting

prac tice as advocates. Order

entitling District collectors asauthority to issue BPL ration

card. Free supply of electricity

for patients, surviving on the basis

of life support system. Facilitate

government buildings for the

smooth entry of handicapped

persons. permanent travel pass

for handicapped in KSRTC buses.

Condonation of delay in

submitting application for

financial assistance in family

be ne fi t sche me. Deci sion to

conduct survey adalats invillages to settle long pending

issues. And Hiking bonus from

rupees 350 to 1000 per hectare

to paddy farmers.

The orders issued recently

by the govt. in respect of the

victims of endosulphan is a

paradigm of its humane face.

Inclusion of 1318 patients in the

list for financial assistance and

other facilities and sanctioning

rupees 3 lakhs to victims of

endosulphan, suffer due to

cancer are among the ordersissued. The book that carries 43

such orders is helpful for social

activists and political workers in

guiding and helping the needy.

The lame excuses of

b t th d l i

Changing the conventional parameters of developmentsuch as bridges, roads and multi crore projects, it also

reveals how the decisions of the Govt could untie the red tape of the bureaucracy fromeither denying or lagging thetime with lame excuses.

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